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Species List for Genus: Taranis
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Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Caenogastropoda (Subclass) > Neogastropoda (Order) > Conoidea (Superfamily) > Raphitomidae (Family) > Taranis (Genus)
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  • Genus: Taranis

  • Taranis benthicola (Dell, 1956)
    Height 5.5mm, Width 2.7mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic
    Off eastern North and South Islands, Fiordland and Chatham Rise
    ACFM
  • Taranis gratiosa (Suter, 1908)
    Height 3.7mm, Width 2mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic
    Stewart Island to Dusky Sound, Fiordland
    FM
  • Taranis imporcata (Dell, 1962)
    Height 6mm, Width 3mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic
    Off Taiaroa Heads, eastern Otago, 550 metres
    F
  • Taranis nexilis bicarinata (Suter, 1915)
    Height 4mm, Width 2mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic
    Off Northland east and west coasts, 35-55 metres
    A
  • Taranis nexilis recens (Fleming, 1948)
    Height 4.2mm, Width 2.2mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic
    Fiordland, Dusky Sounds, 40 metres
    F
  • Taranis spirulata (Dell, 1962)
    Height 5.5mm, Width 2.2mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic
    Off Taiaroa Heads, eastern Otago, 550 metres
    F
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