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Taxonomy
Family:
RAPHITOMIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Conoidea (Superfamily)
> Raphitomidae (Family)
> Taranis (Genus)
> gratiosa (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Allo Jousseaume, 1934
=Feliciella Lamy, 1934
=Fenestrosyrinx Finlay, 1926
=Mangelia (Taranis) Jeffreys, 1870
Synonymised Names:
=Bathytoma gratiosa Suter, 1908
=Fenestrosyrinx gratiosa (Suter, 1908)
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Taxonomy
Family:
RAPHITOMIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Conoidea (Superfamily)
> Raphitomidae (Family)
> Taranis (Genus)
> gratiosa (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Allo Jousseaume, 1934
=Feliciella Lamy, 1934
=Fenestrosyrinx Finlay, 1926
=Mangelia (Taranis) Jeffreys, 1870
Synonymised Names:
=Bathytoma gratiosa Suter, 1908
=Fenestrosyrinx gratiosa (Suter, 1908)
Details: Taranis gratiosa (Suter, 1908)
Size/Grows to:
Height 3.7mm, Width 2mm
Distribution:
Stewart Island to Dusky Sound, Fiordland
Notes:
Marine, Native - Endemic
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.228)
  • Suter, H. 1908 Descriptions of new species of New Zealand marine shells., Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London, 8 (p.186) Original Description

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NZ Geographical Regions
Key to symbols used in Checklist.
Fw =
Freshwater
L =
Land
N =
North Island
S =
South Island
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil