Taranis allo

Taranis allo is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Raphitomidae.[1]

Taranis allo
Shell of Taranis allo (holotype in the MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Caenogastropoda
Clade: Hypsogastropoda
Clade: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Raphitomidae
Genus: Taranis
Species:
T. allo
Binomial name
Taranis allo
(Jousseaume, 1934)
Synonyms[1]
  • Allo allo Jousseaume, 1934 (original combination)
  • Feliciella jousseaumei Lamy, 1934 (Unnecessary substitute name for Allo allo)
  • Taranis jousseaumei Lamy, 1934

Description

The length of the shell attains 4.5 mm, its diameter 3 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Djibouti.

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References
  1. Taranis allo (Lamy, 1934). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 29 March 2010.
  • Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295.
  • Jousseaume F. (1934). Description d'un gastropode nouveau de la Mer Rouge. [Posthumous publication edited by E. Lamy. Journal de Conchyliologie. 78(1): 67-71]


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