MSBIAS taxon details
Janthina Röding, 1798
138092 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:138092)
accepted
Genus
- Species Janthina exigua Lamarck, 1816
- Species Janthina globosa Swainson, 1822
- Species Janthina janthina (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Species Janthina pallida W. Thompson, 1840
marine
recent + fossil
feminine
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]
page(s): 75 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Janthina Röding, 1798. Accessed through: The UK Marine Environmental Data and Information Network (2026) Marine Species of Britain, Ireland and Adjacent Seas (MSBIAS): a checklist of species derived from the UNICORN and Marine Recorder applications at: https://www.marinespecies.org/msbias/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138092 on 2026-07-18
The UK Marine Environmental Data and Information Network (2026). Marine Species of Britain, Ireland and Adjacent Seas (MSBIAS): a checklist of species derived from the UNICORN and Marine Recorder applications. Janthina Röding, 1798. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/msbias/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138092 on 2026-07-18
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 <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): 75 [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]
Present
Inaccurate
Introduced: alien
Containing type locality