Janthina typica

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]

Janthina typica
Shell of † Jathina typica (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Superfamily: Epitonioidea
Family: Epitoniidae
Genus: Janthina
Species:
†J. typica
Binomial name
†Janthina typica
(Bronn, 1861)
Synonyms
  • † Acrybia (Hartungia) chouberti Chavan, 1951
  • † Acrybia chouberti Chavan, 1951
  • † Acrybia (Heligmope) dennanti (Tate, 1893)
  • † Eunaticina abyssalis Simone, 2014
  • † Hartungia dennanti (Tate, 1893)
  • † Hartungia elegans Tomida & Nakamura, 2001
  • † Hartungia typica Bronn, 1861 (superseded combination)
  • † Heligmope dennanti Tate, 1893 (junior subjective synonym)
  • † Janthina hartungi Mayer, 1864 (junior subjective synonym)
  • † Turbo postulatus Bartrum, 1919 (junior subjective synonym)

Distribution

Fossils of this marine species were found in the Azores and also in Pliocene strata in Victoria, Australia.

References
  1. 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.


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