Janthina globosa
creator: Vanden Berghe, Edward
creator: Gofas, Serge
creator: Tran, Bastien
creator: Bouchet, Philippe
creator: Rosenberg, Gary
creator: Bieler, Rüdiger
date: 2026-08-24
language: en
license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
publisher: World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS)
relation: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php
subject: Janthina globosa Swainson, 1822
type: ScientificName
bibliographic citation: MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Janthina globosa Swainson, 1822. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=214493 on 2026-08-24
created: 1997-02-22T17:55:09Z
modified: 2017-08-26T08:07:26Z
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rights holder: WoRMS Editorial Board
scientific name: Janthina globosa Swainson, 1822
class: Gastropoda
family: Epitoniidae
genus: Janthina
kingdom: Animalia
name published in: 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].
name published in: Anton, H. E. (1838). Verzeichniss der Conchylien welche sich in der Sammlung von Herrmann Eduard Anton befinden. Herausgegeben von dem Besitzer. Halle: Anton. xvi + 110 pp. [Title page dated 1839, but volume actually published in 1838; see Cernohorsky, 1978, The Veliger 20(3): 299].
name published in: Blainville, H. M. D. de. (1822). Janthine, Janthina. (Malacoz.) pp. 148-155, in: Dictonnaire des Sciences Naturelles (F. Cuvier, ed.), vol. 24. Levrault, Strasbourg & Le Normant, Paris.
name published in: Locard, A. & Caziot, E. (1900-1901). Les coquilles marines des côtes de Corse. Annales de la Société Linnéenne de Lyon. 46: 193-274 [1900]; 47: 1-80, 159-291 [1901].
name published in: Monterosato, T. A. di. (1884). Nomenclatura generica e specifica di alcune conchiglie mediterranee. Virzi, printed for the author, Palermo, 152 pp.
name published in: Mörch [Mørch], O. A. L. (1860). Matériaux pour servir à l'histoire de la famille des Janthines. Journal de Conchyliologie. 8 (3): 261-285.
name published in: Philippi, R. A. (1844). Enumeratio molluscorum Siciliae cum viventium tum in tellure tertiaria fossilium, quae in itinere suo observavit. Vol. 2. Halle [Halis Saxorum]: Eduard Anton. iv + 303 pp., pls 13-28.
name published in: Reeve, L. A. (1858). Monograph of the genus Ianthina. In: Conchologia Iconica, or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals, vol. 11, pl. 1-5 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve & Co., London. [stated date: Dec. 1858].
name published in year: 1820-1823
name published in year: 1838
name published in year: 1822
name published in year: 1900-1901
name published in year: 1884
name published in year: 1860
name published in year: 1844
name published in year: 1858
order: Caenogastropoda incertae sedis
parent name usage ID: 138092
phylum: Mollusca
scientific name authorship: Swainson, 1822
specific epithet: globosa
taxon rank: Species
taxonomic status: accepted