Range: 67°N to 25°N; 71°W to 0°W Depth: 165 to 2295 m Maximum Reported Size: 5 mm
Synonymy
Trophon moerchii Malm, 1861 Pleurotoma cirrata Brugnone, 1862 Bela demersa Tiberi, 1868 Pleurotomella tornatus (A. E. Verrill, 1884) Taranis tornatus A. E. Verrill, 1884 Taranis alexandrinus Sturany, 1896 Taranis curtus Locard, 1897 Taranis minor Locard, 1897 Taranis simplex Locard, 1897 Taranis spinulosus Locard, 1897 Taranis tenuis Locard, 1897
Details
Trophon moerchii Malm, 1861, [Basis of the current name] Range: 67°N to 25°N; 71°W to 0°W Depth: 165 to 1102 m Maximum Reported Size: 4.5 mm References: Verrill (1882a) M; Rex & Warén (1982) DW
Pleurotoma cirrata Brugnone, 1862, [Synonym] Range: 67°N to 25°N Depth: 227 to 366 m References: Verrill (1882a) s Comments: Non Bellardi, 1848.
Taranis cirrata var. curtaLocard, 1897b, p. 374 [Synonym] Type Locality: Not stated References: Bouchet & Warén (1980) s
Bela demersa Tiberi, 1868, [Synonym] References: Locard (1897b) s
Taranis cirrata var. minorLocard, 1897b, p. 374 [Synonym] Type Locality: Not stated Maximum Reported Size: 3 mm References: Locard (1897b) M; Bouchet & Warén (1980) s
Taranis cirrata var. simplexLocard, 1897b, p. 374 [Synonym] Type Locality: Not stated References: Bouchet & Warén (1980) s
Taranis cirrata var. spinulosaLocard, 1897b, p. 374 [Synonym] Type Locality: Not stated References: Bouchet & Warén (1980) s
Taranis cirrata var. tenuisLocard, 1897b, p. 374 [Synonym] Type Locality: Not stated References: Bouchet & Warén (1980) s
Taranis morchii var. tornatusA. E. Verrill, 1884, p. 251, [Johnson 1989, pl. 13, fig. 2] [Synonym] Type Locality: USFC sta. 2077 [41°09'40"N, 66°02'20"W], 1255 fathoms Range: 41.16°N ; 66.04°W Depth: 2295 m Maximum Reported Size: 5 mm References: A. E. Verrill (1884) DdNSEWM; Bouchet & Warén (1980) s Combining Genera: Pleurotomella
Partial List of References
Locard, A. 1897. Mollusques Testacés, tome premier Expéditions Scientifiques du Travailleur et du Talisman vi + 516, 22 pls. Masson: Paris. Verrill, A. E. 1884. Second catalogue of Mollusca recently added to the fauna of the New England coast and the adjacent parts of the Atlantic, consisting mostly of deep-sea species, with notes on others previously recorded Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences 6 139-294, pls. 28-32.
