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Janthinidae

Gastropoda - Janthinidae

Taxonomy
Janthinidae was named by Lamarck (1812) [m. kosnik taxon no: 5412]. It is extant.

It was assigned to Janthinoidea by Ponder and Warén (1988), Beesley (1998); and to Epitonioidea by Bouchet et al. (2005).

Entered
by M. Kosnik on 2004-04-01; modified by L. van den Hoek Ostende on 2013-04-30

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1812Janthinidae Lamarck
1988Janthinidae Ponder and Warén p. 304
1998Janthinidae Beesley p. 813
2005Janthinidae Bouchet et al. p. 253

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
RankNameAuthor
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
superfamilyEpitonioidea(Berry 1910)
familyJanthinidaeLamarck 1812
familyJanthinidaeLamarck 1812

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Fm. Janthinidae Lamarck 1812
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G. †Hartungia Bronn 1861
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Hartungia elegans Tomida and Nakamura 2001
Hartungia japonica Tomida and Itoigawa 1982
G. Janthina Ršding 1798
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Janthina typica Bronn 1861
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Invalid names: Hartungia postulata Bartrum 1919 [synonym], Heligmope dennanti Tate 1893 [synonym], Janthina hartungi Mayer 1864 [synonym]
Invalid names: Heligmope Tate 1893 [synonym]
G. †Recluzia Petit 1853
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: passively mobilef
Life habit: planktonicf
Diet: carnivoref
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-09-10 08:29:13
Modified: 2009-09-10 10:32:21
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Middle Miocene to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 15.98000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 11.63 Ma

Collections (13 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Australia (Victoria) Hartungia dennanti (179602)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Japan Hartungia elegans (161784 161785)
Opoitian5.333 - 3.7New Zealand Turbo postulatus (178215)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6New Zealand (Auckland) Heligmope postulatus (45256 45259)
Early/Lower Pliocene - Late/Upper Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Japan (Miyazaki) Janthina typica (127697)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58Japan (Miyazaki) Janthina typica (127699)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58Jamaica Janthina sp. (58522)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58Japan (Kochi) Hartungia japonica (170023)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Greece (Rhodes) Janthina fragilis (122994) Janthina janthina (278282)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117Jamaica Janthina sp. (80408)