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Janthina globosa Swainson, 1822

214493  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:214493)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Mollusca (Phylum)
  4. Gastropoda (Class)
  5. Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
  6. Caenogastropoda incertae sedis (Order)
  7. Epitonioidea (Superfamily)
  8. Epitoniidae (Family)
  9. Janthina (Genus)
  10. Janthina globosa (Species)
accepted
Species
Janthina elongata [sic] · unaccepted (error for prolongata Blainville,...)  
error for prolongata Blainville, 1822 in Maravigna (1838)
Janthina rosea Anton, 1838 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
Swainson, W. (1820-1823). Zoological Illustrations, or, original figures and descriptions of new, rare, or interesting animals, selected chiefly from the classes of ornithology, entomology, and conchology, and arranged on the principles of Cuvier and other modern zoologists. London: Baldwin, Cradock & Joe; Strand: W. Wood. (Vol. 1-3): pl. 1-18 [1820] pl. 19-83 [1821] pl. 84-134 [1822] pl. 135-182 [1823]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/92614
page(s): (1) II (16), pl. 85 [January 1822] [details] 
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Janthina globosa Swainson, 1822. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=214493 on 2025-07-16
Date
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1997-02-22 16:55:09Z
created
Vanden Berghe, Edward
2000-07-18 15:57:33Z
changed
Vanden Berghe, Edward
2008-05-18 13:28:54Z
checked
Gofas, Serge
2010-02-25 10:38:41Z
changed
Tran, Bastien
2010-02-25 14:24:46Z
checked
Bouchet, Philippe
2011-09-25 13:40:55Z
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Rosenberg, Gary
2015-12-29 16:36:38Z
changed
Bieler, Rüdiger
2017-08-26 06:07:26Z
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Bouchet, Philippe

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Nomenclature

original description Swainson, W. (1820-1823). Zoological Illustrations, or, original figures and descriptions of new, rare, or interesting animals, selected chiefly from the classes of ornithology, entomology, and conchology, and arranged on the principles of Cuvier and other modern zoologists. London: Baldwin, Cradock & Joe; Strand: W. Wood. (Vol. 1-3): pl. 1-18 [1820] pl. 19-83 [1821] pl. 84-134 [1822] pl. 135-182 [1823]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/92614
page(s): (1) II (16), pl. 85 [January 1822] [details] 

original description (of Janthina prolongata Blainville, 1822) Blainville, H. M. D. de. (1822). Janthine, <i>Janthina</i>. pp. 148-155, <i>in</i>: Dictonnaire des Sciences Naturelles (F. Cuvier, ed.), vol. 24. Levrault, Strasbourg & Le Normant, Paris. , available online at http://books.google.fr/books?id=d5M5AAAAcAAJ&pg=PA148
page(s): 155 [details] 

original description (of Janthina iricolor Reeve, 1858) Reeve, L. A. (1858). Monograph of the genus <i>Ianthina</i>. In: <i>Conchologia Iconica, or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals</i>, vol. 11, pl. 1-5 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve & Co., London. [stated date: Dec. 1858]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8183142 [details] 

original description (of Janthina splendens Monterosato, 1884) Monterosato, T. A. di. (1884). <i>Nomenclatura generica e specifica di alcune conchiglie mediterranee</i>. Virzi, printed for the author, Palermo, 152 pp. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/109711
page(s): p.104 [details] 

original description (of Janthina payraudeaui Locard, 1901) Locard, A. & Caziot, E. (1900-1901). Les coquilles marines des côtes de Corse. <em>Annales de la Société Linnéenne de Lyon.</em> 46: 193-274 [1900]; 47: 1-80, 159-291 [1901]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54603755 [details] 

original description (of Janthina nitens var. atlantica Mörch, 1860) Mörch [Mørch], O. A. L. (1860). Matériaux pour servir à l'histoire de la famille des Janthines. <em>Journal de Conchyliologie.</em> 8 (3): 261-285., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15863694 [details] 

original description (of Janthina rosea Anton, 1838) Anton, H. E. (1838). <i>Verzeichniss der Conchylien welche sich in der Sammlung von Herrmann Eduard Anton befinden. Herausgegeben von dem Besitzer</i>. Halle: Anton. xvi + 110 pp. [Title page dated 1839, but volume actually published in 1838; see Cernohorsky, 1978, <i>The Veliger</i> 20(3): 299]. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11967421
page(s): p. 50. [details] 

original description (of Janthina patula R. A. Philippi, 1844) Philippi, R. A. (1844). <i>Enumeratio molluscorum Siciliae cum viventium tum in tellure tertiaria fossilium, quae in itinere suo observavit. Vol. 2</i>. Halle [Halis Saxorum]: Eduard Anton. iv + 303 pp., pls 13-28., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46936062 [details] 

original description (of Amethistina laeta Monterosato, 1884) Monterosato, T. A. di. (1884). <i>Nomenclatura generica e specifica di alcune conchiglie mediterranee</i>. Virzi, printed for the author, Palermo, 152 pp. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/109711
page(s): p.105 [details] 

basis of record Beu, A. G. (2017). Evolution of <i>Janthina</i> and <i>Recluzia</i> (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Epitoniidae). <em>Records of the Australian Museum.</em> 69(3): 119-222., available online at https://doi.org/10.3853/j.2201-4349.69.2017.1666 [details] 

Other

context source (Bermuda) Jensen, R. H. (1997). A Checklist and Bibliography of the Marine Molluscs of Bermuda. Unp. , 547 pp [details] 

additional source Laursen, D. 1953. The genus Ianthina: A monograph. Dana Report 38: 1-40, pl. 1. [details] 

additional source Spencer, H.G., Marshall, B.A. & Willan, R.C. (2009). Checklist of New Zealand living Mollusca. Pp 196-219. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> Canterbury University Press, Christchurch. [details] 

subsequent type designation Beu, A. G. (2017). Evolution of <i>Janthina</i> and <i>Recluzia</i> (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Epitoniidae). <em>Records of the Australian Museum.</em> 69(3): 119-222., available online at https://doi.org/10.3853/j.2201-4349.69.2017.1666
note: neotype designation [details] 

 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

From editor or global species database
Authority Swainson's plate 85 is dated January, 1822, so the name globosa Swainson, 1822 should take precedence over its synonym J. prolongata Blainville, 1822, as well as over its homonym J. globosa Blainville, 1822. [details]
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LanguageName 
English Mediterranean purple sea snail [from synonym]  [details]
German Mittelmeer-Veilchenschnecke [from synonym]  [details]
Japanese ルリガイ  [details]
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (40 publications) (from synonym Janthina nitens Menke, 1828)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (41 publications) (from synonym Janthina prolongata Blainville, 1822)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (55 publications) 
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Janthina prolongata Blainville, 1822)
To Malacopics (Janthina globosa) 
To Malacopics (Janthina globosa) 
To PESI (from synonym Janthina prolongata Blainville, 1822)
To PESI 
To PESI (from synonym Janthina nitens Menke, 1828)
To PESI (from synonym Janthina splendens Monterosato, 1884)
To PESI (from synonym Janthina payraudeaui Locard, 1901)
To PESI (from synonym Janthina patula R. A. Philippi, 1844)
To PESI (from synonym Amethistina laeta Monterosato, 1884)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Janthina decollata P. P. Carpenter, 1857)
To ITIS
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