Taranis aliena

{{Short description|Extinct species of gastropod}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2020}} {{Speciesbox |fossil_range = Miocene-Pliocene |taxon = Taranis aliena |extinct = yes |image = |image_caption = |authority = (Marwick, 1965) |synonyms_ref = <ref name="WoRMS" /> |synonyms = † ''Awateria (Mioawateria) aliena'' M<small>arwick, 1965</small> (original combination) |display_parents = 3 }}

'''''Taranis aliena''''' is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Raphitomidae.<ref name="WoRMS">{{WRMS species|831740|''Taranis aliena'' (Marwick, 1965)|20 August 2024}}</ref>

==Distribution== This extinct marine species was found in Upper Cenozoic strata of Wairoa District, Hawke's Bay, New Zealand

==References== {{Reflist}} * Marwick, J. (1965) Upper Cenozoic Mollusca of Wairoa District, Hawke's Bay. New Zealand Geological Survey Paleontological Bulletin, 39, 1–83. * Maxwell, P.A. (2009). Cenozoic Mollusca. pp 232–254 in Gordon, D.P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch.

==External links== * {{cite journal | last1 = Tucker | first1 = J.K. | year = 2004 | title = Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda) | url = http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2004f/z00682f.pdf | journal = Zootaxa | volume = 682 | pages = 1–1295 | doi = 10.11646/zootaxa.682.1.1 }}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Taranis Aliena}} aliena Category:Gastropods described in 1965 Category:Gastropods of New Zealand