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Taxonomy
Family:
RAPHITOMIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Conoidea (Superfamily)
> Raphitomidae (Family)
> Taranis (Genus)
> spirulata (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Allo Jousseaume, 1934
=Feliciella Lamy, 1934
=Fenestrosyrinx Finlay, 1926
=Mangelia (Taranis) Jeffreys, 1870
Synonymised Names:
=Fenestrosyrinx spirulata Dell, 1962
Images: Taranis spirulata (Dell, 1962)
Holotype of Fenestrosyrinx spirulata, collected 23 Jan 1957, NE of Otago Peninsula, Taiaroa Canyon, NZ (M.015014). 5.5mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Taxonomy
Family:
RAPHITOMIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Conoidea (Superfamily)
> Raphitomidae (Family)
> Taranis (Genus)
> spirulata (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Allo Jousseaume, 1934
=Feliciella Lamy, 1934
=Fenestrosyrinx Finlay, 1926
=Mangelia (Taranis) Jeffreys, 1870
Synonymised Names:
=Fenestrosyrinx spirulata Dell, 1962
Details: Taranis spirulata (Dell, 1962)
Size/Grows to:
Height 5.5mm, Width 2.2mm
Distribution:
Off Taiaroa Heads, eastern Otago, 550 metres
Geographical Range:
F
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)
  • Dell, R.K. 1962 Additional archibenthal Mollusca from New Zealand, Records of the Dominion Museum, 4(6) (p.73) Original Description

Key to Geographical Ranges
NZ Map showing Geographical Ranges
The symbols K.A.C.F.M.An. are used to indicate the geographical range of the species. They have been adopted to give an approximation of the range of each species within New Zealand.
K=
Kermadec Islands
A=
Aupourian - Kaipara Harbour, north around North Cape, encompassing the Three Kings Islands and south to East Cape
C=
Cookian - Lower North Island and the northern part of the South Island
F=
Forsterian - Otago, Fiordland and Stewart Island
M=
Moriorian - Chatham Islands, Pitt Island
An=
Antipodean - Subantarctic Islands of New Zealand
Fw =
Freshwater
L =
Land
N =
North Island
S =
South Island
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil
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