Taurasia

This article is about the mollusc. For other uses, see Taurasia (disambiguation).

Taurasia
Shell of Taurasia striata (syntype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Muricoidea
Family: Muricidae
Subfamily: Rapaninae
Genus: Taurasia
Bellardi, 1882
Type species
† Purpura subfusiformis
d'Orbigny, 1852
Synonyms[1]
  • † Purpurella Bellardi, 1882 (nvalid: junior homonym of Purpurella Robineau-Desvoidy, 1853 [Diptera] and Purpurella Dall, 1871)
  • Simplicotaurasia Sacco, 1890

Taurasia is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the subfamily Rapaninae of the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]

Species

Species within the genus Taurasia include:

Synonyms

References

  1. ^ a b Taurasia Bellardi, 1882. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
  2. ^ Taurasia striata (Quoy & Gaimard, 1833 ). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
  • Claremont M., Vermeij G.J., Williams S.T. & Reid D.G. (2013) Global phylogeny and new classification of the Rapaninae (Gastropoda: Muricidae), dominant molluscan predators on tropical rocky seashores. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 66: 91–102.
  • Raven, J.G.M. (H.). (2016). Notes on molluscs from NW Borneo. 3. A revision of Taurasia (Gastropoda, Muricidae) and Preangeria (Gastropoda, Buccinidae) with comments on Semiricinula from NW Borneo. Vita Malacologica. 15: 77-104.
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