World Register of Deep-Sea species - Janthina Röding, 1798

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Janthina Röding, 1798

AphiaID

138092 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:138092)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Epitoniidae S. S. Berry, 1910 (1812)

Original name

Janthina Röding, 1798

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Species Janthina globosa Swainson, 1822
Species Janthina janthina (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Janthina pallida W. Thompson, 1840
Species Janthina fragilis Lamarck, 1801 accepted as Janthina janthina (Linnaeus, 1758) (objective synonym of J. janthina)
Species Janthina prolongata Blainville, 1822 accepted as Janthina globosa Swainson, 1822

Environment

marine

Fossil range

recent + fossil

Grammatical gender

feminine

Original description

Röding, P. F. (1798). Museum Boltenianum sive Catalogus cimeliorum e tribus regnis naturæ quæ olim collegerat Joa. Fried Bolten, M. D. p. d. per XL. annos proto physicus Hamburgensis. Pars secunda continens Conchylia sive Testacea univalvia, bivalvia & multivalvia. Trapp, Hamburg, viii + 199 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16230659
page(s): 75 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Janthina Röding, 1798. Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138092 on 2026-03-30

Thematic species database citation

Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2026). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Janthina Röding, 1798. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138092 on 2026-03-30

Taxonomic edit history

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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

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Gofas, Serge

2017-08-25 21:18:03Z

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Bouchet, Philippe

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original description Röding, P. F. (1798). Museum Boltenianum sive Catalogus cimeliorum e tribus regnis naturæ quæ olim collegerat Joa. Fried Bolten, M. D. p. d. per XL. annos proto physicus Hamburgensis. Pars secunda continens Conchylia sive Testacea univalvia, bivalvia & multivalvia. Trapp, Hamburg, viii + 199 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16230659
page(s): 75 [details]

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