WoRMS taxon details
Taranis moerchii (Malm, 1861)
139384 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:139384)
accepted
Species
Bela demersa Tiberi, 1868 · unaccepted (synonym)
Mangilia (Pleurotomella) tornata (A. E. Verrill, 1884) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Pleurotoma cirratum Brugnone, 1862 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Pleurotomella (Gymnobela) tornata (A. E. Verrill, 1884) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Taranis alexandrina Sturany, 1896 · unaccepted (synonym)
Taranis cirrata (Brugnone, 1862) · unaccepted (synonym)
Taranis cirrata var. curta Locard, 1897 · unaccepted (synonym)
Taranis cirrata var. simplex Locard, 1897 · unaccepted (synonym)
Taranis cirrata var. spinulosa Locard, 1897 · unaccepted (synonym)
Taranis cirrata var. tenuis Locard, 1897 · unaccepted (synonym)
Taranis moerchi [sic] · unaccepted (incorrect subsequent spelling)
Taranis moerchi var. tornata A. E. Verrill, 1884 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Trophon moerchii Malm, 1861 · unaccepted (superseded combination)
marine
(of Trophon moerchii Malm, 1861) Malm, A.W. (1861). Om flere for den skandinaviske Fauna nye Fiske, Krebsdyr og Bløddyr. [About more for the Scandinavian Fauna new Fish, Crustacea and Molluscs.]. <em>Forhandlinger ved de Skandinaviske Naturforskeres ottende Mode, Kiobenhavn, I Commission I den Gyldendalske Boghandling.</em> 8: 616-624. [for 1860].
page(s): 623; note: spelled Mörchii [details]
page(s): 623; note: spelled Mörchii [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Taranis moerchii (Malm, 1861). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=139384 on 2025-07-16
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Trophon moerchii Malm, 1861) Malm, A.W. (1861). Om flere for den skandinaviske Fauna nye Fiske, Krebsdyr og Bløddyr. [About more for the Scandinavian Fauna new Fish, Crustacea and Molluscs.]. <em>Forhandlinger ved de Skandinaviske Naturforskeres ottende Mode, Kiobenhavn, I Commission I den Gyldendalske Boghandling.</em> 8: 616-624. [for 1860].
page(s): 623; note: spelled Mörchii [details]
original description (of Bela demersa Tiberi, 1868) Tiberi, N. (1868). Nova Mediterranea testacea. <em>Journal de Conchyliologie.</em> 16: 179-180., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15135374
page(s): 179 [details]
original description (of Pleurotoma cirratum Brugnone, 1862) Brugnone, G.A. (1862) Memoria sopra alcuni pleurotomi fossili dei dintorni di Palermo. F. Lao, Palermo, 41 pp., 1 pl. [details]
original description (of Taranis alexandrina Sturany, 1896) Sturany, R. (1896). Zoologische Ergebnisse VII. Mollusken I (Prosobranchier und Opisthobranchier; Scaphopoden; Lamellibranchier) gesammelt von S.M. Schiff "Pola" 1890-1894. <em>Denkschriften der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Mathematische-Naturwissenschaftlischen Classe.</em> 63: 1-36, pl. 1-2., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/55503222
page(s): 11 [details]
original description (of Taranis cirrata var. curta Locard, 1897) Locard, A. (1897-1898). Expéditions scientifiques du Travailleur et du Talisman pendant les années 1880, 1881, 1882 et 1883. <em>Mollusques testacés. Paris, Masson.</em> vol. 1 [1897], p. 1-516 pl. 1-22; vol. 2 [1898], p. 1-515, pl. 1-18., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10994100 [details]
original description (of Taranis cirrata var. simplex Locard, 1897) Locard, A. (1897-1898). Expéditions scientifiques du Travailleur et du Talisman pendant les années 1880, 1881, 1882 et 1883. <em>Mollusques testacés. Paris, Masson.</em> vol. 1 [1897], p. 1-516 pl. 1-22; vol. 2 [1898], p. 1-515, pl. 1-18., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10994100 [details]
original description (of Taranis cirrata var. tenuis Locard, 1897) Locard, A. (1897-1898). Expéditions scientifiques du Travailleur et du Talisman pendant les années 1880, 1881, 1882 et 1883. <em>Mollusques testacés. Paris, Masson.</em> vol. 1 [1897], p. 1-516 pl. 1-22; vol. 2 [1898], p. 1-515, pl. 1-18., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10994100 [details]
original description (of Taranis cirrata var. spinulosa Locard, 1897) Locard, A. (1897-1898). Expéditions scientifiques du Travailleur et du Talisman pendant les années 1880, 1881, 1882 et 1883. <em>Mollusques testacés. Paris, Masson.</em> vol. 1 [1897], p. 1-516 pl. 1-22; vol. 2 [1898], p. 1-515, pl. 1-18., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10994100 [details]
original description (of Taranis moerchi var. tornata A. E. Verrill, 1884) 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. <i>Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences</i>, 6(1): 139-294, pl. 28-32, available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7477234
page(s): 251 [details]
basis of record Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. <em>Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 180-213., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/ocrd/254404.pdf [details]
page(s): 623; note: spelled Mörchii [details]
original description (of Bela demersa Tiberi, 1868) Tiberi, N. (1868). Nova Mediterranea testacea. <em>Journal de Conchyliologie.</em> 16: 179-180., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15135374
page(s): 179 [details]
original description (of Pleurotoma cirratum Brugnone, 1862) Brugnone, G.A. (1862) Memoria sopra alcuni pleurotomi fossili dei dintorni di Palermo. F. Lao, Palermo, 41 pp., 1 pl. [details]
original description (of Taranis alexandrina Sturany, 1896) Sturany, R. (1896). Zoologische Ergebnisse VII. Mollusken I (Prosobranchier und Opisthobranchier; Scaphopoden; Lamellibranchier) gesammelt von S.M. Schiff "Pola" 1890-1894. <em>Denkschriften der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Mathematische-Naturwissenschaftlischen Classe.</em> 63: 1-36, pl. 1-2., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/55503222
page(s): 11 [details]
original description (of Taranis cirrata var. curta Locard, 1897) Locard, A. (1897-1898). Expéditions scientifiques du Travailleur et du Talisman pendant les années 1880, 1881, 1882 et 1883. <em>Mollusques testacés. Paris, Masson.</em> vol. 1 [1897], p. 1-516 pl. 1-22; vol. 2 [1898], p. 1-515, pl. 1-18., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10994100 [details]
original description (of Taranis cirrata var. simplex Locard, 1897) Locard, A. (1897-1898). Expéditions scientifiques du Travailleur et du Talisman pendant les années 1880, 1881, 1882 et 1883. <em>Mollusques testacés. Paris, Masson.</em> vol. 1 [1897], p. 1-516 pl. 1-22; vol. 2 [1898], p. 1-515, pl. 1-18., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10994100 [details]
original description (of Taranis cirrata var. tenuis Locard, 1897) Locard, A. (1897-1898). Expéditions scientifiques du Travailleur et du Talisman pendant les années 1880, 1881, 1882 et 1883. <em>Mollusques testacés. Paris, Masson.</em> vol. 1 [1897], p. 1-516 pl. 1-22; vol. 2 [1898], p. 1-515, pl. 1-18., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10994100 [details]
original description (of Taranis cirrata var. spinulosa Locard, 1897) Locard, A. (1897-1898). Expéditions scientifiques du Travailleur et du Talisman pendant les années 1880, 1881, 1882 et 1883. <em>Mollusques testacés. Paris, Masson.</em> vol. 1 [1897], p. 1-516 pl. 1-22; vol. 2 [1898], p. 1-515, pl. 1-18., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10994100 [details]
original description (of Taranis moerchi var. tornata A. E. Verrill, 1884) 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. <i>Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences</i>, 6(1): 139-294, pl. 28-32, available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7477234
page(s): 251 [details]
basis of record Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. <em>Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 180-213., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/ocrd/254404.pdf [details]
Other
context source (Deepsea)
Census of Marine Life (2012). SYNDEEP: Towards a first global synthesis of biodiversity, biogeography and ecosystem function in the deep sea. Unpublished data (datasetID: 20), available online at http://www.comlsecretariat.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/SYNDEEP-Towards-a-first-global-synthesis-of-biodiversity-biogeography-and-ecosystem-function-in-the-deep-sea-Eva-Ramirez-Llodra-et-al..pdf [details]
additional source Dall, W. H. (1881). Reports on the results of dredging, under the supervision of Alexander Agassiz, in the Gulf of Mexico and in the Caribbean Sea (1877-78), by the United States Coast Survey Steamer "Blake", Lieutenant-Commander C.D. Sigsbee, U.S.N., and Commander J.R. Bartlett, U.S.N., commanding. XV. Preliminary report on the Mollusca. <em>Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College.</em> 9(2): 33-144., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6353276 [details]
additional source Dall, W. H. (1881). Reports on the results of dredging, under the supervision of Alexander Agassiz, in the Gulf of Mexico and in the Caribbean Sea (1877-78), by the United States Coast Survey Steamer "Blake", Lieutenant-Commander C.D. Sigsbee, U.S.N., and Commander J.R. Bartlett, U.S.N., commanding. XV. Preliminary report on the Mollusca. <em>Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College.</em> 9(2): 33-144., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6353276 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (21 publications) (from synonym Bela demersa Tiberi, 1868)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Taranis moerchi [sic])
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (32 publications) (from synonym Taranis cirrata (Brugnone, 1862))
To Dyntaxa
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Taranis moerchii)
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 1 proteins)
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 1 proteins) (from synonym Taranis moerchi [sic])
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 1 proteins) (from synonym Trophon moerchii Malm, 1861)
To Malacopics (Taranis moerchii (Malm, 1861) Atlantic Ocean, off Cape Lookout, North Carolina, NIOZ...
To Malacopics (Taranis moerchii (Malm, 1861) Norway, Sør-Trøndelag, Brekstad, Trondheimfjord, at 15...
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Taranis cirrata (Brugnone, 1862))
To PESI (from synonym Trophon moerchii Malm, 1861)
To PESI (from synonym Taranis cirrata var. curta Locard, 1897)
To PESI (from synonym Taranis cirrata var. simplex Locard, 1897)
To PESI (from synonym Taranis cirrata var. tenuis Locard, 1897)
To PESI (from synonym Taranis cirrata var. spinulosa Locard, 1897)
To PESI (from synonym Taranis moerchi var. tornata A. E. Verrill, 1884)
To PESI (from synonym Bela demersa Tiberi, 1868)
To PESI (from synonym Pleurotoma cirratum Brugnone, 1862)
To PESI (from synonym Taranis alexandrina Sturany, 1896)
To PESI (from synonym Taranis moerchi [sic])
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Taranis moerchi [sic])
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (32 publications) (from synonym Taranis cirrata (Brugnone, 1862))
To Dyntaxa
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Taranis moerchii)
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 1 proteins)
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 1 proteins) (from synonym Taranis moerchi [sic])
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 1 proteins) (from synonym Trophon moerchii Malm, 1861)
To Malacopics (Taranis moerchii (Malm, 1861) Atlantic Ocean, off Cape Lookout, North Carolina, NIOZ...
To Malacopics (Taranis moerchii (Malm, 1861) Norway, Sør-Trøndelag, Brekstad, Trondheimfjord, at 15...
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Taranis cirrata (Brugnone, 1862))
To PESI (from synonym Trophon moerchii Malm, 1861)
To PESI (from synonym Taranis cirrata var. curta Locard, 1897)
To PESI (from synonym Taranis cirrata var. simplex Locard, 1897)
To PESI (from synonym Taranis cirrata var. tenuis Locard, 1897)
To PESI (from synonym Taranis cirrata var. spinulosa Locard, 1897)
To PESI (from synonym Taranis moerchi var. tornata A. E. Verrill, 1884)
To PESI (from synonym Bela demersa Tiberi, 1868)
To PESI (from synonym Pleurotoma cirratum Brugnone, 1862)
To PESI (from synonym Taranis alexandrina Sturany, 1896)
To PESI (from synonym Taranis moerchi [sic])
To ITIS
Unreviewed
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