Taniella
Genus of gastropods
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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.
| 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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Description
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]
Distribution
The majority of known species have been found in New Zealand, dating to between the Early Paleocene (e.g. T. senisculus) and the Pleistocene (e.g. T. planisuturalis).[4][5][6] Two Australian species are known, T. subnoae of the Port Phillip Basin, which dates to the late Oligocene, and T. weymouthensis of the St Vincent Basin, which dates to the middle Miocene.[7]
Species
Species within the genus Taniella include:[1]
- † Taniella bacca (Marwick, 1924)
- † Taniella intermedia P. A. Maxwell, 1992
- † Taniella mima P. A. Maxwell, 1988
- † Taniella motutaraensis (A. W. B. Powell, 1935)
- † Taniella notocenica (H. J. Finlay, 1924)
- † Taniella planisuturalis (Marwick, 1924)
- † Taniella poliniciformis Beu, 1970
- † Taniella senisculus (Marwick, 1924)
- † Taniella subnoae (Tate, 1893)
- † Taniella tantilla Marwick, 1960
- † Taniella weymouthensis Ludbrook, 1958