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Taurasia pleurotoma

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Taurasia pleurotoma
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Muricoidea
Family: Muricidae
Subfamily: Rapaninae
Genus: Taurasia
Species:
T. pleurotoma
Binomial name
Taurasia pleurotoma
(Grateloup, 1832)
Synonyms[1]
  • Taurasia pleurotoma var. infundibulata Cossmann & Peyrot, 1924
  • Turbinella multistriata Grateloup, 1845
  • Turbinella pleurotoma Grateloup, 1832
  • Turbinella pleurotoma var. minor Grateloup, 1845

Taurasia pleurotoma is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]

Distribution

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This species occurs in the following locations:[1]

  • France
  • Italy

References

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  1. ^ a b c MolluscaBase (2018). Taurasia pleurotoma (Grateloup, 1832) †. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=888158 on 2019-01-06