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Janthina
Röding, 1798
(mollusc)
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Entity:
Janthinidae (Family) - violet snails
..Recluzia (Genus)
..Janthina (Genus)
....Achates (Subgenus)
....Iodes (Subgenus)
....Janthina (Subgenus)
....Janthina exigua (Species) - dwarf janthina
....Janthina globosa (Species) - elongate janthina
....Janthina janthina (Species) - janthina
....Janthina nitens (Species)
....Janthina pallida (Species) - pale janthina
....Janthina violacea (Species)
....Violetta (Subgenus)
Authorship
SN2000 author citation
:
P.F. Röding, 1798
Original name
:
Röding, 1798. Mus. Bolten., 2, 75; Lamarck 1801, Syst. Anim., 89.
Types
Type of
:
Janthinidae
(Family)
Lamarck, 1822
Ref:
P. Bouchet & J.-P. Rocroi, 2005
: 93.
Nominotypical taxon [ICZN]
:
Janthina
(Subgenus)
Röding, 1798
Ref:
V.G. Millard, 1997
: 129.
[inferred]
Variants
Subsequent spelling
:
Ianthina
(Genus)
Fischer de W., 1807, orth. inval.
Ref:
P. Bouchet & J.-P. Rocroi, 2005
: 93.
Incorrect spelling
:
Ianthina
(Genus)
Fischer de W., 1807, orth. inval.
Ref:
P. Bouchet & J.-P. Rocroi, 2005
: 93.
Synonyms
Accepted name
:
Amethistina
(Genus)
Paetel, 1875, orth. inval.
Ref:
F. Paetel, 1875
: 8 ("Bolt.").
[
new
]
Accepted name
:
Ametistina
(Genus)
Schinz, 1825, nom. rej.
Ref:
H.R. Schinz, 1825
: 586.
[
new
]
Synonymous name
:
Ametistina
(Genus)
Schinz, 1825, nom. rej.
Ref:
MolluscaBase, 2015-present
: [15 Sep 2021].
Synonymous name
:
Heligmope
(Genus)
Tate, 1893
Ref:
PBDB
: 20 Mar 2016.
Incorrect name
:
Achates
(Genus)
Gistel, 1848, nom. illeg.
Ref:
S.A. Neave (ed.), [2005]
: [19 Dec 2008].
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28 Aug 2026