Family Janthinidae Lamarck 1812 (snail)

Gastropoda - Epitonioidea - Janthinidae

Parent taxon: Epitonioidea according to P. Bouchet et al. 2005

See also Beesley 1998 and Ponder and Warén 1988

Sister taxa: Epitoniidae, Nystiellidae, Epitoniacea, Scalacea

Subtaxa: Hartungia Janthina Recluzia

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Ecology: passively mobile planktonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Greece (2 collections), Jamaica (1)

• Pliocene of Jamaica (1), Japan (3), New Zealand (3)

• Miocene of Australia (1), Japan (2)

Total: 13 collections each including a single occurrence

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