Taurasia striata

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Taurasia striata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]

Taurasia striata
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Muricidae
Genus: Taurasia
Species:
T. striata
Binomial name
Taurasia striata
(Quoy & Gaimard, 1833 )
Synonyms[1]
  • Buccinum strigosum Gmelin, 1791
  • Purpura buccinea Deshayes, 1844
  • Purpura flammea Mörch, 1852
  • Purpura striata Quoy & Gaimard, 1833
  • Purpura striata Blainville, 1832(original combination)
  • Taurasia niasensis Beets, 1985
  • Thais buccinea (Deshayes, 1844)

Description

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The length of the shell attains 45 mm.

Distribution

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This marine species occurs off New Guinea

References

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  • Fischer-Piette, E. & Beigbeder, J., 1943. Catalogue des types de gastéropodes marins conservés au laboratoire de Malacologie. III. - Purpura et genre voisins ; Tritonidae. Bulletin du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle 2° série,15(6): 429-436
  • 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
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