Taniella
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| Taniella Temporal range: | |
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| Taniella notocenica | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Family: | Naticidae |
| Subfamily: | Naticinae |
| Genus: | †Taniella H. J. Finlay & Marwick, 1937 |
| Type species | |
| † Natica notocenica H. J. Finlay, 1924 | |
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Taniella is a genus of extinct sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Naticidae.[1] Species in the genus begin to appear in fossil record in the Early Paleocene, and are primarily found in New Zealand, with some fossils known to occur in Australia.
Taxonomy
Taniella was first described in 1937 by Harold Finlay and John Marwick.[3] While no extant members of the genus have been discovered, the Tasmanian species Natica elkingtoni has been identified as being a potential living member of Taniella.[2]