WoRMS taxon details
Taranis Jeffreys, 1870
137830 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:137830)
accepted
Genus
Trophon moerchii Malm, 1861 accepted as Taranis moerchii (Malm, 1861) (type by original designation)
Allo Jousseaume, 1934 · unaccepted (junior subjective synonym)
Feliciella E. Lamy, 1934 · unaccepted (junior subjective synonym)
Fenestrosyrinx H. J. Finlay, 1926 · unaccepted (junior subjective synonym)
Mangelia (Taranis) Jeffreys, 1870 · unaccepted (superseded combination)
Pleurotoma (Taranis) Jeffreys, 1870 · unaccepted (superseded combination)
- Species Taranis adenensis Morassi & Bonfitto, 2013
- Species Taranis allo (Jousseaume, 1934)
- Species Taranis benthicola (Dell, 1956)
- Species Taranis borealis Bouchet & Warén, 1980
- Species Taranis columbella Kilburn, 1991
- Species Taranis granata (Hedley, 1922)
- Species Taranis gratiosa (Suter, 1908)
- Species Taranis inkasa Kilburn, 1991
- Species Taranis laevisculpta Monterosato, 1880
- Species Taranis leptalea (A. E. Verrill, 1884)
- Species Taranis mayi (Verco, 1909)
- Species Taranis miranda Thiele, 1925
- Species Taranis moerchii (Malm, 1861)
- Species Taranis nexilis (F. W. Hutton, 1885)
- Species Taranis panope Dall, 1919
- Species Taranis percarinata A. W. B. Powell, 1967
- Species Taranis rhytismeis (Melvill, 1910)
- Species Taranis tanata Figueira & Absalão, 2010
- Species Taranis ticaonica A. W. B. Powell, 1967
- Species Taranis turritispira (E. A. Smith, 1882)
- Subgenus Taranis (Nepotilla) Hedley, 1918 accepted as Nepotilla Hedley, 1918 (superseded combination)
- Species Taranis (Nepotilla) miranda Thiele, 1925 accepted as Taranis miranda Thiele, 1925 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Taranis (Nepotilla) nezi Okutani, 1964 accepted as Nepotilla nezi (Okutani, 1964) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Taranis aculeata May, 1915 accepted as Nepotilla aculeata (May, 1915) (original combination)
- Species Taranis albatrossi F. Nordsieck, 1971 accepted as Drilliola emendata (Monterosato, 1872) (synonym)
- Species Taranis alexandrina Sturany, 1896 accepted as Taranis moerchii (Malm, 1861) (synonym)
- Species Taranis amoena (G. O. Sars, 1878) accepted as Nepotilla amoena (G. O. Sars, 1878)
- Species Taranis cirrata (Brugnone, 1862) accepted as Taranis moerchii (Malm, 1861) (synonym)
- Species Taranis corneus Okutani, 1966 accepted as Cryptogemma cornea (Okutani, 1966) (original combination)
- Species Taranis emendata Monterosato, 1872 accepted as Drilliola emendata (Monterosato, 1872) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Taranis erythraeus (Jousseaume, 1895) accepted as Taranidaphne hongkongensis (G. B. Sowerby III, 1889)
- Species Taranis imporcata (Dell, 1962) accepted as Antiguraleus imporcatus (Dell, 1962) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Taranis japonicus Okutani, 1964 accepted as Cryptogemma japonica (Okutani, 1964) (original combination)
- Species Taranis malmii (Dall, 1889) accepted as Mioawateria malmii (Dall, 1889) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Taranis microscopica May, 1915 accepted as Nepotilla microscopica (May, 1915) (original combination)
- Species Taranis moerchi [sic] accepted as Taranis moerchii (Malm, 1861) (incorrect subsequent spelling)
- Species Taranis moerchii (Malm, 1861) sensu Dall, 1881 accepted as Pleurotomella (Gymnobela) tornata var. malmii Dall, 1889 accepted as Mioawateria malmii (Dall, 1889)
- Species Taranis monterosatoi Locard, 1897 accepted as Oenopota graphica (Locard, 1897) (synonym)
- Species Taranis nezi Okutani, 1964 accepted as Nepotilla nezi (Okutani, 1964) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Taranis pulchella A. E. Verrill, 1880 accepted as Drilliola loprestiana (Calcara, 1841) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Taranis spirulata (Dell, 1962) accepted as Antiguraleus spirulata (Dell, 1962) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Taranis zeuxippe Dall, 1919 accepted as Drilliola zeuxippe (Dall, 1919) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
marine
recent + fossil
Jeffreys, J. G. (1870). Norwegian Mollusca. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (4) 5: 438-448 [giugno]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19266844
page(s): 447 [details]
page(s): 447 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Taranis Jeffreys, 1870. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137830 on 2025-04-01
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Nomenclature
original description
Jeffreys, J. G. (1870). Norwegian Mollusca. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (4) 5: 438-448 [giugno]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19266844
page(s): 447 [details]
original description (of Fenestrosyrinx H. J. Finlay, 1926) Finlay H.J. (1926). New shells from New Zealand Tertiary beds: Part 2. <em>Transactions of the New Zealand Institute.</em> 56: 227-258, pls 55-60., available online at http://rsnz.natlib.govt.nz/volume/rsnz_56/rsnz_56_00_002400.html
page(s): 254 [details]
original description (of Allo Jousseaume, 1934) Jousseaume F. (1934). Description d'un gastropode nouveau de la Mer Rouge. [Posthumous publication edited by E. Lamy]. <em>Journal de Conchyliologie.</em> 78(1): 67-71., available online at http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k55670001/f70.image [details]
original description (of Feliciella E. Lamy, 1934) Jousseaume F. (1934). Description d'un gastropode nouveau de la Mer Rouge. [Posthumous publication edited by E. Lamy]. <em>Journal de Conchyliologie.</em> 78(1): 67-71., available online at http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k55670001/f70.image [details]
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. <em>Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 180-213., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/ocrd/254404.pdf [details]
page(s): 447 [details]
original description (of Fenestrosyrinx H. J. Finlay, 1926) Finlay H.J. (1926). New shells from New Zealand Tertiary beds: Part 2. <em>Transactions of the New Zealand Institute.</em> 56: 227-258, pls 55-60., available online at http://rsnz.natlib.govt.nz/volume/rsnz_56/rsnz_56_00_002400.html
page(s): 254 [details]
original description (of Allo Jousseaume, 1934) Jousseaume F. (1934). Description d'un gastropode nouveau de la Mer Rouge. [Posthumous publication edited by E. Lamy]. <em>Journal de Conchyliologie.</em> 78(1): 67-71., available online at http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k55670001/f70.image [details]
original description (of Feliciella E. Lamy, 1934) Jousseaume F. (1934). Description d'un gastropode nouveau de la Mer Rouge. [Posthumous publication edited by E. Lamy]. <em>Journal de Conchyliologie.</em> 78(1): 67-71., available online at http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k55670001/f70.image [details]
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. <em>Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 180-213., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/ocrd/254404.pdf [details]
Other
additional source
Spencer, H.G., Marshall, B.A. & Willan, R.C. (2009). Checklist of New Zealand living Mollusca. Pp 196-219. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> Canterbury University Press, Christchurch. [details]
additional source Kilburn, R.N. (1991) Turridae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) of southern Africa and Mozambique. Part 5. Subfamily Taraninae. Annals of the Natal Museum, 32, 325–339., available online at https://journals.co.za/doi/abs/10.10520/AJA03040798_317
page(s): 326 [details] Available for editors
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additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
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additional source Bartsch, P. (1944). Taranini. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 57(3): 107 [January]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8515567 [details]
additional source Kilburn, R.N. (1991) Turridae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) of southern Africa and Mozambique. Part 5. Subfamily Taraninae. Annals of the Natal Museum, 32, 325–339., available online at https://journals.co.za/doi/abs/10.10520/AJA03040798_317
page(s): 326 [details] Available for editors

additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors

additional source Bartsch, P. (1944). Taranini. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 57(3): 107 [January]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8515567 [details]




Unreviewed
Classification Placed in subfamily Borsoniinae, family Turridae in Vaught (1989) [details]