WoRMS taxon details
Janthina janthina (Linnaeus, 1758)
AphiaID: 140155
AphiaID: 140155
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Caenogastropoda (Subclass) > [unassigned] Caenogastropoda (Order) > Epitonioidea (Superfamily) > Janthinidae (Family) > Janthina (Genus) |
| Status | accepted | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rank | Species | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Parent | Janthina Röding, 1798 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Synonymised taxa |
Helix janthina Linnaeus, 1758 Janthina affinis Reeve, 1858 Janthina africana Reeve, 1858 Janthina alba Anton, 1838 Janthina balteata Reeve, 1858 Janthina bicolor Menke, 1828 Janthina bicolor var. major Monterosato, 1878 Janthina bicolor var. minor Monterosato, 1878 Janthina britannica Forbes & Hanley, 1853 Janthina carpenteri Mörch, 1860 Janthina carpenteri var. contorta Tryon, 1887 Janthina casta Reeve, 1858 Janthina coeruleata Reeve, 1858 Janthina communis Lamarck, 1822 Janthina costae Mörch, 1860 Janthina depressa Reeve, 1858 Janthina fibula Reeve, 1858 Janthina fragilis Lamarck, 1801 (objective synonym of J. janthina) Janthina fragilis var. spiraelata Mörch, 1860 Janthina grandis Reeve, 1858 Janthina involuta Reeve, 1858 Janthina orbignyi Mörch, 1860 Janthina penicephela Peron, 1824 Janthina planispirata A. Adams & Reeve, 1848 Janthina roseala Reeve, 1858 Janthina rotundata Dillwyn, 1840 Janthina smithiae Reeve, 1858 Janthina striulata Carpenter, 1857 Janthina striulata var. contorta Carpenter, 1857 Janthina trochoidea Reeve, 1858 Janthina violacea Röding, 1798 Janthina vulgaris Gray, 1847 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sources |
basis of record: Laursen, D. 1953. The genus Ianthina: A monograph. Dana Report 38: 1-40, pl. 1. [details] additional source: Rosenberg, G. 1992. Encyclopedia of Seashells. Dorset: New York. 224 pp. page(s): 85 [details] additional source: ITIS database, available online at http://www.itis.gov [details] additional source: Rosenberg, G. 2004. Malacolog Version 3.3.2: Western Atlantic gastropod database. The Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia, PA., available online at http://www.malacolog.org [details] from synonym: Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae. ii, 824 pp., available online at http://gdz.sub.uni-goettingen.de/no_cache/dms/load/toc/?IDDOC=265100 [details] [view taxon] context source (Deepsea): Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Environment | marine | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Distribution | Azores [details] Azores Exclusive Economic Zone [details] British Isles [details] Canary Islands [details] Cape Verde [details] Caribbean Sea [details] Cayman Islands [details] Colombia [details] Cuba [details] European waters (ERMS scope) [details] Gabon [details] Greek Exclusive Economic Zone [details] Gulf of Maine [details] Gulf of Mexico [details] Irish Exclusive economic Zone [details] Jamaica [details] Lesser Antilles [details] Madagascar [details] Mascarene Basin (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] Mediterranean Sea [details] Mexico [details] Mozambique [details] New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone [details] North European Atlantic [details] North West Atlantic [details] Panama [details] Puerto Rico [details] Red Sea [details] San Andres [details] South Africa (country) [details] Tanzania [details] United Kingdom Exclusive Economic Zone [details] West Coast of Ireland [details] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Links | Marine Life Information Network - UK To Barcode of Life (1 barcode) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (22 publications) To CLEMAM To Encyclopedia of Life To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 2 proteins) To Marine Species Identification Portal To Marine Species Identification Portal To PESI To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection To ITIS | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Notes |
Description: Shell up to 4 cm, with angled whorls and a slightly extended apex. The base is flatter and less rounded than in J. globosa. Violet in colour, with pale upper parts. Habitat: planktonic. Distribution: worldwide. (Richmond, 1997). [details] Distribution: Pelagic, circumequatorial [details] Distribution: Range: 47°N to 40°S; 97°W to 0°W. Distribution: Massachusetts to North Carolina, Florida; Florida: West Florida, Florida Keys; USA: Louisiana, Texas; Mexico; Mexico: Yucatan State, Quintana Roo; Panama, Colombia, Venezuela; Venezuela: unlocalized; Bermuda, Cuba, Jamaica; Virgin Islands: St. Croix; Brazil; Brazil: Ceara, Fernando de Noronha, Rio Grande do Norte, Pernambuco, Alagoas, Bahia, Trinidad Island, Rio de Janeiro, Sao Paulo, Santa Catarina; Uruguay, oceanic [details] Distribution: The mollusc is pelagic and floating on surface [details] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:140155 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Citation: Gofas, S. (2013). Janthina janthina (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=140155 on 2013-05-21 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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