Taranis rhytismeis

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

Taranis rhytismeis
Original image of Taranis rhytismeis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Caenogastropoda
Clade: Hypsogastropoda
Clade: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Raphitomidae
Genus: Taranis
Species:
T. rhytismeis
Binomial name
Taranis rhytismeis
(Melvill, 1910)
Synonyms[1]

Pleurotomella rhytismeis Melvill, 1910

Description

The length of the shell attains 3 mm, its diameter 1.5 mm.

The wrinkled sculpture and strong median peripheral angulation distinguish this small white species. Only a specimen or two have been found in 1910.

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Gulf of Oman.

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References

  • Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295.
  • J.C. Melvill (1910) Descriptions of Twenty-nine Species of Marine Mollusca from the Persian Gulf, Gulf of Oman, and North Arabian Sea; The Annals and magazine of natural history; zoology, botany, and geology being a continuation of the Annals combined with Loudon and Charlesworth's Magazine of Natural History; 8th ser. vol. VI
  • J.C.Melvill (1917), A revision of the Turridae (Pleurotomidae) occurring in the Persian Gulf, Gulf of Oman and North Arabian Sea, as evidenced mostly through the results of dredgings carried out by Mr. F. W. Townsend, 1893-1914; Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London. vol. 12 (1917)


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