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Gastropoda: : Epitonioidea: Janthinidae

Janthina pallida W. Thompson, 1840


Range: 32.3°N to 23°S; 97°W to 0°W
Depth: 0 to 0 m (live 0 to 0 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 28  mm

Synonymy

Janthina globosa auct. non Swainson, 1822
Ianthina pallida W. Thompson, 1840
Janthina patula Philippi, 1844
Ianthina striolata Adams & Reeve, 1850
Janthina minor Monterosato, 1878
Amethistina laeta Monterosato, 1884

Details


Ianthina pallida W. Thompson, 1840,
[Basis of the current name]
Range: 32.3°N to 23°S; 97°W to 0°W
Depth: 0 m (live 0 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 24 mm
Distribution: USA: Florida: East Florida, West Florida; USA: Texas; Mexico: Quintana Roo; Bermuda, Brazil: Ceara, Rio Grande do Norte, Alagoas, Bahia, Espirito Santo, Rio de Janeiro; Oceanic; Eastern Atlantic: St. Helena
References: E. A. Smith (1890b); Laursen (1953) M; Robertson (1971) N; J. Andrews (1977) N
Comments: See also pallida auct. = globosa; attributed to Harway (1841) by Mörch (1860b).

Janthina globosa auct. non Swainson, 1822, 
[Not available]
Comments: Misidentification.

Amethistina laeta Monterosato, 1884, 
[Synonym]
References: Laursen (1953) s

Janthina pallida var. minor Monterosato, 1878b, p. 95
[Not available]
Type Locality: Mediterranean and Adriatic
References: Laursen (1953) s
Comments: Nude name.

Janthina patula Philippi, 1844a, p. 224, pl. 28, fig. 14
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Prope Neapoli
Maximum Reported Size: 28 mm
References: Philippi (1844a) M; Laursen (1953) s

Ianthina striolata Adams & Reeve, 1850, p. 54, pl. 11, fig. 9
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Pacific Ocean
References: Laursen (1953) s


Partial List of References

Adams, A. and L. Reeve. 1850. Mollusca The Zoology of the Voyage of the H.M.S. Samarang 25-87, pl. 7-24 Reeve, Benham, and Reeve: London.
Monterosato, [T. A.] di. 1878. Enumerazione e sinonimia delle conchiglie Mediterranee Giornale di Scienze Naturali ed Economiche 13 61-115.
Philippi, R. A. 1844. Enumeratio Molluscorum Siciliae Enumeratio Molluscorum Siciliae 2 iv + 303 pp., pls. 13-28. Eduardi Anton: Halis Saxonum.

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