Janthina umbilicata
creator: Wambiji, Nina
creator: Gofas, Serge
creator: Tran, Bastien
creator: Bouchet, Philippe
creator: Rosenberg, Gary
creator: Marshall, Bruce
date: 2026-08-30
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 umbilicata A. d'Orbigny, 1841
type: ScientificName
bibliographic citation: MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Janthina umbilicata A. d'Orbigny, 1841. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=225271 on 2026-08-30
created: 2006-03-21T09:10:26Z
modified: 2020-04-10T22:33:59Z
replaces: 459432
replaces: 459434
replaces: 459431
rights holder: WoRMS Editorial Board
scientific name: Janthina umbilicata A. d'Orbigny, 1841
class: Gastropoda
family: Epitoniidae
genus: Janthina
kingdom: Animalia
name published in: Orbigny, A. D. d'. (1834-1847). Voyage dans l'Amérique méridionale (le Brésil, la république orientale de l'Uruguay, la République argentine, la Patagonie, la république du Chili, la république de Bolivia, la république du Pérou), exécuté pendant les années 1826, 1827, 1828, 1829, 1830, 1831, 1832 et 1833. Tome 5(3) Mollusques. pp. i-xliii, 1-758, 85 plates [pls 1-2, 1834; pp. 1-104, pls 3-7, 10, 12, 1835; pp. 105-184, pls 8-9, 11, 13-23, 25-28, 1836; pls 24, 29-43, 41bis, 45-46, 1837; pp. 185-376, pls 44, 47-52, 55, 1838; pls 54, 56-65, 1839; pl. 66, 1840; pp. 377-488, pls 53, 67-77, 80, 1841; pp. 489-758, 1846; pls 78-79, 82-85, 1847].
name published in: Adams, A. (1861). On a supposed new genus and on some new species of pelagic Mollusca. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. Series 3, 8: 401–404 [Nov. 1861].
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 year: 1834-1847
name published in year: 1861
name published in year: 1822
order: Caenogastropoda incertae sedis
parent name usage ID: 138092
phylum: Mollusca
scientific name authorship: A. d'Orbigny, 1841
specific epithet: umbilicata
taxon rank: Species
taxonomic status: accepted