Biology:Janthinidae
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| An individual of Janthina (with bubble float) that has been cast up onto a beach. The snail floats with the underside of the shell uppermost as shown here. | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Clade: | Hypsogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Janthinoidea |
| Family: | Janthinidae Lamarck, 1822 |
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Ianthinidae ( 19th century authors used indifferently the spellings Janthina / Ianthina and Janthinidae / Ianthinidae. The nomenclaturally valid name is Janthinidae, but the spelling Ianthinidae has remained sporadically in use throughout the 20th century.) | |
Janthinidae, common name the purple snails or violet snails, are a family of pelagic sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the informal group Ptenoglossa of the clade Hypsogastropoda.
In 2017 this family has become a synonym of Epitoniidae [1]
This planktonic group has modified its foot to produce "rafts" of mucus bubbles used in flotation.[2]
Subtaxa
Genera in the family Janthinidae are Janthina and Recluzia.[3]
- Janthina Röding, 1798
- Janthina exigua Lamarck, 1816 - dwarf janthina
- Janthina globosa Swainson, 1822
- Janthina janthina (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Janthina pallida W.Thompson, 1840
- Janthina umbilicata d'Orbigny, 1841
- Recluzia Petit de la Saussaye, 1853
- Recluzia annamitica Wattebled, 1886
- Recluzia jehennei Petit, 1853
- Recluzia palmeri (Dall, 1871)
- Recluzia rollandiana Petit de la Saussaye, 1853
- The following genera have been brought into synonymy
- Iodes Mörch, 1860: synonym of Janthina Röding, 1798
- Iodina Mörch, 1860 : synonym of Janthina Röding, 1798
References
- ↑ Beu A.G. (2017). Evolution of Janthina and Recluzia (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Epitoniidae). Records of the Australian Museum. 69(3): 119-222
- ↑ Lalli, Carol M; Gilmer, Ronald W (1989). Pelagic snails: the biology of holoplanktonic gastropod mollusks. Stanford University Press. ISBN 978-0-8047-1490-7. https://books.google.com/?id=yIAfwz5cxPMC&pg=PA4#v=onepage&q.
- ↑ "Janthinidae". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=72386.
- Laursen, D. 1953. The genus Ianthina: A monograph. Dana Report 38: 1-40, pl. 1
- Vaught, K.C. (1989). A classification of the living Mollusca. American Malacologists: Melbourne, FL (USA). ISBN:0-915826-22-4. XII, 195 pp.
- Bouchet P. & Rocroi J.-P. (2005) Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families. Malacologia 47(1-2): 1-397
External links
- 1887. Manual of Conchology volume 9, plate 9-10.
Wikidata ☰ Q1430441 entry
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