MarBEF Data System - ERMS - Janthina janthina (Linnaeus, 1758)

(of Helix janthina Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
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Descriptive notes

Distribution Pelagic, circumequatorial

Distribution Pelagic, circumequatorial [details]

Description Shell up to 4 cm, with angled whorls and a slightly extended apex. The base is flatter and less rounded than in J....

Description Shell up to 4 cm, with angled whorls and a slightly extended apex. The base is flatter and less rounded than in J. globosa. Violet in colour, with pale upper parts. Habitat: planktonic. Distribution: worldwide. (Richmond, 1997). [details]

Distribution The mollusc is pelagic and floating on surface

Distribution The mollusc is pelagic and floating on surface [details]

Distribution Range: 47°N to 40°S; 97°W to 0°W. Distribution: Massachusetts to North Carolina, Florida; Florida: West Florida, Florida...

Distribution Range: 47°N to 40°S; 97°W to 0°W. Distribution: Massachusetts to North Carolina, Florida; Florida: West Florida, Florida Keys; USA: Louisiana, Texas; Mexico; Mexico: Yucatan State, Quintana Roo; Panama, Colombia, Venezuela; Venezuela: unlocalized; Bermuda, Cuba, Jamaica; Virgin Islands: St. Croix; Brazil; Brazil: Ceara, Fernando de Noronha, Rio Grande do Norte, Pernambuco, Alagoas, Bahia, Trinidad Island, Rio de Janeiro, Sao Paulo, Santa Catarina; Uruguay, oceanic [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Janthina janthina (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=140155 on 2024-11-24

Taxonomic edit history

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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

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Marshall, Bruce

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original description (of Janthina fragilis Lamarck, 1801) Lamarck, J. B. (1801). Système des animaux sans vertèbres, ou tableau général des classes, des ordres et des genres de ces animaux; Présentant leurs caractères essentiels et leur distribution, d'apres la considération de leurs rapports naturels et de leur organisation, et suivant l'arrangement établi dans les galeries du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle, parmi leurs dépouilles conservées; Précédé du discours d'ouverture du Cours de Zoologie, donné dans le Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle l'an 8 de la République. [System of animals without vertebrae, or general table of the classes, orders and genera of these animals; Presenting their essential characteristics and their distribution, according to the consideration of their natural relationships and their organization, and following the arrangement established in the galleries of the Museum of Natural History, among their preserved remains; Preceded by the opening speech of the Course of Zoology, given in the National Museum of Natural History in the year 8 of the Republic.]. Published by the author and Deterville, Paris. : viii + 432 pp., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14117719
page(s): 89 [details]

original description (of Ianthina balteata Reeve, 1858) Reeve, L. A. (1858). Monograph of the genus Ianthina. In: Conchologia Iconica, or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals, vol. 11, pl. 1-5 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve & Co., London. [stated date: Dec. 1858]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8183142 [details]

original description (of Janthina violacea Röding, 1798) Röding, P. F. (1798). Museum Boltenianum sive Catalogus cimeliorum e tribus regnis naturæ quæ olim collegerat Joa. Fried Bolten, M. D. p. d. per XL. annos proto physicus Hamburgensis. Pars secunda continens Conchylia sive Testacea univalvia, bivalvia & multivalvia. Trapp, Hamburg, viii + 199 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16230659 [details]

original description (of Janthina communis Lamarck, 1822) Lamarck, [J.-B. M.] de. (1822). Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres. Tome sixième, 2me partie. Paris: published by the author, 232 pp., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13181853
page(s): p. 206. [details]

original description (of Janthina penicephala F. Péron & Lesueur, 1807) Péron, F. [& L. Freycinet]. (1807-1816). Voyage de découvertes aux Terres Australes, exécuté par ordre de sa Majesté l'Empereur et Roi,. ... pendant les années 1800. 1801, 1802, 1803 et 1804. Paris. I: xv + 496 pp. [1807]; II: xxxi + 471 pp. [1816]; Atlas, 65 pls & maps. , available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.44096
page(s): pl. 31, fig. 4 [details]

original description (of Ianthina bicolor Menke, 1828) Menke, K. T. (1828). Synopsis methodica molluscorum generum omnium et specierum earum, quae in Museo Menkeano adservantur; cum synonymia critica et novarum specierum diagnosibus. XII + 91 pp. [late in 1828]. Pyrmonti., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13119590
page(s): 84 [details]

original description (of Helix janthina Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 772 [details] Available for editors

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original description (of Ianthina planispirata A. Adams & Reeve, 1850) Adams, A. & Reeve, L. A. (1848-1850). Mollusca. In A. Adams (ed.), The zoology of the voyage of H.M.S. Samarang, under the command of Captain Sir Edward Belcher, C.B., F.R.A.S., F.G.S., during the years 1843-1846. Reeve & Benham, London, x + 87 pp., 24 pls. [Pt. I. Preface to Mollusca (iii–x, by Adams only), 1–24, pls. 1–9, 1 November 1848; Pt. II, 25–44, pls. 10–17, 1 May 1850; Pt. III, Preface and plate explanations (i-xv), 45–87, pls. 18–24, 1 September 1850.]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39770936
page(s): 54, pl. 11, fig. 10. [details]

original description (of Ianthina striulata var. contorta P. P. Carpenter, 1857) Carpenter, P. P. (1857). Catalogue of the collection of Mazatlan Mollusca in the British Museum collected by Frederick Reigen. London: British Museum. xvi + 552 pp. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/61252
page(s): 186 [details]

original description (of Ianthina striulata P. P. Carpenter, 1857) Carpenter, P. P. (1857). Catalogue of the collection of Mazatlan Mollusca in the British Museum collected by Frederick Reigen. London: British Museum. xvi + 552 pp. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/61252 [details]

original description (of Ianthina affinis Reeve, 1858) Reeve, L. A. (1858). Monograph of the genus Ianthina. In: Conchologia Iconica, or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals, vol. 11, pl. 1-5 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve & Co., London. [stated date: Dec. 1858]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8183142 [details]

original description (of Ianthina africana Reeve, 1858) Reeve, L. A. (1858). Monograph of the genus Ianthina. In: Conchologia Iconica, or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals, vol. 11, pl. 1-5 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve & Co., London. [stated date: Dec. 1858]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8183142 [details]

original description (of Ianthina casta Reeve, 1858) Reeve, L. A. (1858). Monograph of the genus Ianthina. In: Conchologia Iconica, or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals, vol. 11, pl. 1-5 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve & Co., London. [stated date: Dec. 1858]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8183142 [details]

original description (of Ianthina caeruleata Reeve, 1858) Reeve, L. A. (1858). Monograph of the genus Ianthina. In: Conchologia Iconica, or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals, vol. 11, pl. 1-5 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve & Co., London. [stated date: Dec. 1858]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8183142 [details]

original description (of Ianthina depressa Reeve, 1858) Reeve, L. A. (1858). Monograph of the genus Ianthina. In: Conchologia Iconica, or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals, vol. 11, pl. 1-5 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve & Co., London. [stated date: Dec. 1858]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8183142 [details]

original description (of Ianthina fibula Reeve, 1858) Reeve, L. A. (1858). Monograph of the genus Ianthina. In: Conchologia Iconica, or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals, vol. 11, pl. 1-5 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve & Co., London. [stated date: Dec. 1858]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8183142 [details]

original description (of Ianthina grandis Reeve, 1858) Reeve, L. A. (1858). Monograph of the genus Ianthina. In: Conchologia Iconica, or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals, vol. 11, pl. 1-5 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve & Co., London. [stated date: Dec. 1858]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8183142 [details]

original description (of Ianthina involuta Reeve, 1858) Reeve, L. A. (1858). Monograph of the genus Ianthina. In: Conchologia Iconica, or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals, vol. 11, pl. 1-5 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve & Co., London. [stated date: Dec. 1858]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8183142 [details]

original description (of Ianthina smithiae Reeve, 1858) Reeve, L. A. (1858). Monograph of the genus Ianthina. In: Conchologia Iconica, or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals, vol. 11, pl. 1-5 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve & Co., London. [stated date: Dec. 1858]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8183142 [details]

original description (of Ianthina trochoidea Reeve, 1858) Reeve, L. A. (1858). Monograph of the genus Ianthina. In: Conchologia Iconica, or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals, vol. 11, pl. 1-5 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve & Co., London. [stated date: Dec. 1858]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8183142 [details]

original description (of Janthina (Achates) carpenteri Mörch, 1860) Mörch, O. A. L. (1859). Beiträge zur Molluskenfauna Central-Amerika's. Malakozoologische Blätter. 6(4): 102-126., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16014200 [details]

original description (of Janthina costae Mörch, 1860) Mörch, O. A. L. (1860). Matériaux pour servir à l'histoire de la famille des Janthines. Journal de Conchyliologie. 8 (3): 261-285., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15863694 [details]

original description (of Janthina (Achates) orbignyi Mörch, 1860) Mörch, O. A. L. (1860). Matériaux pour servir à l'histoire de la famille des Janthines. Journal de Conchyliologie. 8 (3): 261-285., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15863694 [details]

original description (of Janthina bicolor O. G. Costa, 1830) Costa, O. G. (1830 ["1829"]). Catalogo sistematico e ragionato de' testacei delle Due Sicilie. Tipografia della Minerva, Napoli, pp. 1-8, i-cxxxii, pl. 1-3., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13047696
page(s): cvi [details]

original description (of Ianthina roseola Reeve, 1858) Reeve, L. A. (1858). Monograph of the genus Ianthina. In: Conchologia Iconica, or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals, vol. 11, pl. 1-5 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve & Co., London. [stated date: Dec. 1858]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8183142 [details]

original description (of Helix janthina Forsskål, 1775) Forskål P. (1775). Descriptiones Animalium, Avium, Amphibiorum, Piscium, Insectorum, Vermium; quae in Itinere Orientali Observavit Petrus Forskål. Post Mortem Auctoris editit Carsten Niebuhr. Adjuncta est materia Medica Kahirina. Mölleri, Hafniae, 19 + xxxiv + 164 pp. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2088059 [details]

original description (of Janthina auriculata E. von Martens, 1904) Martens, E. von. (1904). Die beschalten Gastropoden der deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition 1898–1899. A. Systematisch-geographischer Teil. Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition auf dem Dampfer "Valdivia". 7(A): 1–146, pls i–v.
page(s): 142, pl. 4, fig. 15. [details]

context source (Bermuda) Jensen, R. H. (1997). A Checklist and Bibliography of the Marine Molluscs of Bermuda. Unp. , 547 pp [details]

context source (PeRMS) Ramírez, R.; Paredes, C.; Arenas, J. (2003). Moluscos del Perú. Revista de Biologia Tropical. 51(supplement 3): 225-284. [details] Available for editors

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basis of record Beu, A. G. (2017). Evolution of Janthina and Recluzia (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Epitoniidae). Records of the Australian Museum. 69(3): 119-222., available online at https://doi.org/10.3853/j.2201-4349.69.2017.1666 [details]

additional source Rogers, G. F. (1941). Wreck of the Janthina janthina. The Nautilus. 54(3): 75-77., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8519230 [details]

additional source Steyn, D.G. & Lussi, M. (1998) Marine Shells of South Africa. An Illustrated Collector's Guide to Beached Shells. Ekogilde Publishers, Hartebeespoort, South Africa, ii + 264 pp.
page(s): 84. [details]

additional source Laursen, D. 1953. The genus Ianthina: A monograph. Dana Report 38: 1-40, pl. 1. [details]

additional source Rosenberg, G. 1992. Encyclopedia of Seashells. Dorset: New York. 224 pp.
page(s): 85 [details]

additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors

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additional source Grove, S. 2011. The Seashells of Tasmania: A Comprehensive Guide. Taroona, Australia: Taroona Publications. [vi], 81.
page(s): 40 [details]

Present

Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio

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Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

From editor or global species database

Distribution Pelagic, circumequatorial [details]

Unreviewed

Distribution The mollusc is pelagic and floating on surface [details]

Definitions

Language	Name
Dutch	paarse zeilslak	[details]
English	violet snailviolet seasnailpurple sea snaillarge violet snailcommon violet sea-snailcommon purple snailcommon purple sea snailcommon janthinabubble raft shell	[details]
French	janthine	[details]
German	VeilchenschneckeFloßschneckeFlosschnecke	[details]
Japanese	アサガオガイ	[details]