Janthina typica is an extinct species of holoplanktonic sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Epitoniidae, the violet snails or purple storm snails.[1]
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| Shell of † Jathina typica (specimen at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Epitonioidea |
| Family: | Epitoniidae |
| Genus: | Janthina |
| Species: | †J. typica
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| †Janthina typica (Bronn, 1861)
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Distribution
editFossils of this marine species were found in the Azores and also in Pliocene strata in Victoria, Australia.
References
edit- ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Janthina typica (Bronn, 1861) †. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=830818 on 2024-03-19
- Bronn, H. G. (1861 ["1860"]). Die fossilien Reste von Santa Maria, der südlichsten der Azorischen Inseln. Untersucht und beschreiben von Dr. H.G. Bronn. Pp. 116–129, in: Hartung, G. (ed.), Die Azoren in ihrer äusseren Erscheinung und nach ihrer geognostischen Natur geschildert von George Hartung, mit beschreibung der fossilen reste von Prof. H.G. Bronn. Engelmann, Leipzig.
- Cossmann (M.), 1925 - Essais de Paléoconchologie comparée. livraison 13, p. 1-345
- Tate, R. (1893). The gastropods of the older Tertiary of Australia. Part 4. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia. 17: 316–345.
- Bartrum, J. A. (1919). New fossil Mollusca. Transactions of the New Zealand Institute. 51: 96–100.
- Maxwell, P. A. (2009). Cenozoic Mollusca. pp 232–254 in Gordon, D. P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch.
External links
edit- Simone, L. R. L. (2014). Taxonomic study on the molluscs collected during the Marion-Dufresne expedition (MD55) off SE Brazil: the Naticidae (Mollusca: Caenogastropoda). Zoosystema. 36(3): 563-593
- Beu A.G. (2017). Evolution of Janthina and Recluzia (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Epitoniidae). Records of the Australian Museum. 69(3): 119-222
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