Overview
[ Back to top ]
Interesting Facts
[ Back to top ]
Common Names
[ Back to top ]
Common Names in English:
Janthina
Description
[ Back to top ]
Habitat
Typically found in water with a depth of 0 to -5,250 meters (0 to -17,224 feet).[1]
Biome: Marine .
Taxonomy
[ Back to top ]
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Protostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Lophotrochozoa
()
- Superphylum:
Eutrochozoa
()
- Phylum:
Mollusca
()
- (C. Linnaeus, 1758) Cuvier, 1795
- Molluscs
- Class:
Gastropoda
()
- Cuvier, 1795
- Snails and Slugs
- Subclass:
Orthogastropoda
()
- Ponder & Lindberg, 1996
- Superorder:
Caenogastropoda
()
- Cox, 1960
- Order:
Sorbeoconcha
()
- Ponder & Lindberg, 1997
- Suborder:
Hypsogastropoda
()
- Ponder & Lindberg, 1997
- Infraorder:
Ptenoglossa
()
- J.E. Gray, 1853
- Superfamily:
Epitonioidea
()
- S.S. Berry, 1910 (1812)
- Family:
Janthinidae
()
- Lamarck, 1822
- Genus:
Janthina
()
- P.F. Röding, 1798
- Specific name:
janthina
- (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Scientific name: - Janthina janthina (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Specific name:
janthina
- (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Genus:
Janthina
(
- Family:
Janthinidae
(
- Superfamily:
Epitonioidea
(
- Infraorder:
Ptenoglossa
(
- Suborder:
Hypsogastropoda
(
- Order:
Sorbeoconcha
(
- Superorder:
Caenogastropoda
(
- Subclass:
Orthogastropoda
(
- Class:
Gastropoda
(
- Phylum:
Mollusca
(
- Superphylum:
Eutrochozoa
(
- Infrakingdom:
Lophotrochozoa
(
- Branch:
Protostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Synonyms
Janthina Fragilis
Notes
Name
Status: Accepted Name
.
Last scrutiny: 17-Oct-2001
Similar Species
[ Back to top ]
Members of the genus Janthina
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 5 species and subspecies in this genus:
J. exigua (Dwarf Janthina) · J. globosa (Elongate Janthina) · J. janthina (Janthina) · J. pallida (Pale Janthina) · J. prolongata (Elongate Janthina)
More Info
[ Back to top ]
- Search for Pictures: images.google.com
- Search for Scholarly Articles: Google Scholar
- Search using Scientific Name and Vernacular Names: All the Web | AltaVista Canada | AltaVista | Excite | Google | HotBot | Lycos
- Search using Specialized Databases: GenBank | Medline | Scirus | CISTI/CAL | Agricola Periodicals | Agricola Books
Further Reading
[ Back to top ]
- American seashells. With illus. by Frederick M. Bayer. New York, Van Nostrand[1954] url , p. 160.
- Animals of the seashore, by Horace G. Richards. Boston, B. Humphries, inc.[c1938] url p. 169, p. 269.
- Breviora. 1967 Cambridge, Mass.: Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University, [1952- url plate 1, page 24.
- Bulletins of American paleontology. 39 1958 Ithaca, N.Y., Paleontological Research Institution [etc.] url p. 13.
- East coast marine shells: descriptions of shore mollusks together with many living below tide mark, from Maine to Texas inclusive, especially Florida, with more than one thousand drawings and photographs / by Maxwell Smith. Ann Arbor, Mich.: Edwards Brothers, 1951, [c1937] url p. 216, p. 85.
- East coast marine shells; descriptions of shore mollusks together with many living below tide mark, from Maine to Texas inclusive, especially Florida. Ann Arbor, Mich., Edwards Brothers, Inc.[c1937] url p. 216, p. 85.
- Fauna of New England. Boston, Printed for the [Boston] Society [of Natural History] from the Gurdon Saltonstall Fund, 1904-25. url p. 101.
- Fauna of New England: 13. List of the mollusca / by Charles W. Johnson. Boston: Boston Society of Natural History, 1915. url p. 101.
- Nervous inhibition, proceedings. Edited by Ernst Florey. Oxford, Pergamon Press, 1961. url p. 472.
- Occasional papers of the Boston Society of Natural History. Boston, Boston Society of Natural History, 1869-1941. url p. 101.
- Occasional papers on mollusks. 3 1971 Cambridge, Mass.: Dept. of Mollusks, Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University, 1945- url p. 94.
- Oil pollution survey of the United States Atlantic coast: with special reference to southeast Florida coast conditions / [by] John V. Dennis. Washington, D.C.: American Petroleum Institute, 1959. url p. 28.
- Proceedings of the United States National Museum. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, [etc.] url p. 223.
- Texas conchologist. [Houston, Houston Conchology Society], 1964- url , , , , p. 10, p. 101, p. 28, p. 33, p. 36, p. 51, p. 64, p. 78, p. 90.
- The Mollusca and the Brachiopoda. Cambridge, Harvard College, Museum of Comparative Zoology]1908. url p. 223.
- The Nautilus. Melbourne, Fla., etc., American Malacologists, inc., etc. url , p. 136, p. 136, p. 43, p. 75, p. 76.
Notes
[ Back to top ]
Contributors
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 17, 2012.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal November 17, 2007:
- Academy of Natural Sciences, Academy of Natural Sciences Malacology Database
- Academy of Natural Sciences, Academy of Natural Sciences OBIS Mollusc Database [Darwin Core]
- Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University, Academy of Natural Sciences OBIS Mollusc Database
- Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University, Taxonomic Information Sytem for the Belgian coastal area
- Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University, iziko South African Museum - Mollusc Collection
- OZCAM
- Provider, Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums
- University of Navarra, Museum of Zoology, Museum of Zoology, University of Navarra
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2684541
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-72392
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 5213960
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 72392
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 507422
Footnotes
- Mean = -169.960 meters (-557.612 feet), Standard Deviation = 996.130 based on 28 observations. Ocean depth information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
