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Janthina

Gastropoda - Janthinidae

Taxonomy
Janthina was named by Ršding (1798) [Sepkoski's age data: T Mi-u-u R]. It is extant.

It was assigned to Janthinidae by Wilson (1993); and to Neotaenioglossa by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1798Janthina Ršding
1893Heligmope Tate
1993Janthina Wilson p. 281
2002Heligmope Sepkoski
2002Janthina Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
RankNameAuthor
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
superfamilyEpitonioidea(Berry 1910)
familyJanthinidaeLamarck 1812
genusJanthinaRšding 1798

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.

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]
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: base of the Early/Lower Pliocene to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 5.33300 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6New Zealand (Auckland) Heligmope postulatus (45256 45259)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Greece (Rhodes) J. fragilis (122994)
Opoitian5.333 - 3.6New Zealand Turbo postulatus (178215)
Early/Lower Pliocene - Late/Upper Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Japan (Miyazaki) J. typica (127697)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Jamaica J. sp. (58522)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Japan (Miyazaki) J. typica (127699)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117Jamaica J. sp. (80408)