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 <small>Bellardi, 1882</small>
• † Taurasia heteroclita <small>(Grateloup, 1845)</small>
• † Taurasia nodosa <small>Bellardi, 1882</small>
• † Taurasia pleurotoma <small>(Grateloup, 1832)</small>
• Taurasia striata <small>(Quoy & Gaimard, 1833 )</small>
• † Taurasia subfusiformis <small>(d'Orbigny, 1852)</small>

• † Taurasia niasensis <small>Beets, 1985</small>: synonym of † Taurasia striata <small>(Blainville, 1832)</small>
• † Taurasia pendopoensis <small>Beets, 1985</small>: synonym of † Preangeria praeundosa <small>(Vredenburg, 1924)</small>

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