• Source: Taurasia
    • Taurasia is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the subfamily Rapaninae of the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.


      Species


      Species within the genus Taurasia include:

      Taurasia coronata Bellardi, 1882
      Taurasia heteroclita (Grateloup, 1845)
      Taurasia nodosa Bellardi, 1882
      Taurasia pleurotoma (Grateloup, 1832)
      Taurasia striata (Quoy & Gaimard, 1833 )
      Taurasia subfusiformis (d'Orbigny, 1852)
      Synonyms

      Taurasia niasensis Beets, 1985: synonym of † Taurasia striata (Blainville, 1832)
      Taurasia pendopoensis Beets, 1985: synonym of † Preangeria praeundosa (Vredenburg, 1924)


      References



      Claremont M., Vermeij G.J., Williams S.T. & Reid D.G. (2013) Global phylogeny and new classification of the Rapaninae (Gastropoda: Muricidae), dominant molluscan predators on tropical rocky seashores. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 66: 91–102.
      Raven, J.G.M. (H.). (2016). Notes on molluscs from NW Borneo. 3. A revision of Taurasia (Gastropoda, Muricidae) and Preangeria (Gastropoda, Buccinidae) with comments on Semiricinula from NW Borneo. Vita Malacologica. 15: 77-104.


      External links



      Bellardi, L. (1882). I molluschi dei terreni terziarii del Piemonte e della Liguria. Parte III. Gasteropoda (Buccinidae, Cyclopsidae, Purpuridae, Coralliophilidae, Olividae). Ermanno Loescher, Roma, Torino, Firenze; 253 pp., 12 pl

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