WoRMS taxon details
Janthina globosa Swainson, 1822
214493 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:214493)
accepted
Species
Amethistina laeta Monterosato, 1884 · unaccepted
Janthina decollata P. P. Carpenter, 1857 · unaccepted
Janthina elongata [sic] · unaccepted (error for prolongata Blainville,...)
error for prolongata Blainville, 1822 in Maravigna (1838)
Janthina iricolor Reeve, 1858 · unaccepted
Janthina laeta (Monterosato, 1884) · unaccepted
Janthina nitens Menke, 1828 · unaccepted
Janthina nitens var. atlantica Mörch, 1860 · unaccepted
Janthina nitens var. minor Monterosato, 1878 · unaccepted
Janthina pallida var. minor Monterosato, 1878 · unaccepted
Janthina patula R. A. Philippi, 1844 · unaccepted
Janthina payraudeaui Locard, 1901 · unaccepted
Janthina prolongata Blainville, 1822 · unaccepted
Janthina rosea Anton, 1838 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Janthina splendens Monterosato, 1884 · unaccepted
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]
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 2025-05-29
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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]
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]
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]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| 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
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
.jpg "To Malacopics (Janthina globosa)")
