Taranis (gastropod)
| Taranis | |
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| Drawing of a shell of Taranis gratiosa | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Raphitomidae |
| Genus: | Taranis Jeffreys, 1870 |
| Type species | |
| Trophon moerchii Malm, 1861 | |
| Species | |
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| Synonyms | |
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Taranis is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Raphitomidae.
This genus was formerly placed in subfamily Borsoniinae, family Turridae in Vaught (1989).
The name Taranis is the Latinised name of the Gallic thunder god Taran. It is therefore a masculine name.