Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda > Subclass Orthogastropoda > Subclass Caenogastropoda > Order Neogastropoda > Superfamily Conoidea > Family Raphitomidae > Genus Taranis

Taranis moerchii (Malm, 1861)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Taranis*	Jeffreys, 1870	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Taranis moerchi*	[sic]	orthographic variant
*Bela demersa*	Tiberi, 1868	synonym
*Mangilia (Pleurotomella) tornata*	(A. E. Verrill, 1884)	synonym
*Pleurotoma cirratum*	Brugnone, 1862	synonym
*Pleurotomella (Gymnobela) tornata*	(A. E. Verrill, 1884)	synonym
*Taranis alexandrina*	Sturany, 1896	synonym
*Taranis cirrata*	(Brugnone, 1862)	synonym
*Taranis cirrata var. curta*	Locard, 1897	synonym
*Taranis cirrata var. simplex*	Locard, 1897	synonym
*Taranis cirrata var. spinulosa*	Locard, 1897	synonym
*Taranis cirrata var. tenuis*	Locard, 1897	synonym
*Taranis moerchi var. tornata*	A. E. Verrill, 1884	synonym
*Trophon moerchii*	Malm, 1861	synonym

Literature

basis of record	Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 180-213.
additional source	Dall, W. H. (1881). Reports on the results of dredging, under the supervision of Alexander Agassiz, in the Gulf of Mexico and in the Caribbean Sea (1877-78), by the United States Coast Survey Steamer "Blake", Lieutenant-Commander C.D. Sigsbee, U.S.N., and Commander J.R. Bartlett, U.S.N., commanding. XV. Preliminary report on the Mollusca. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College. 9(2): 33-144.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Taranis moerchii (Malm, 1861). Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:139384