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, Scalacea, Epitoniacea
Subtaxa: Hartungia Janthina Recluzia
Ecology: passively mobile planktonic carnivore
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