Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda > Subclass Caenogastropoda > Order [unassigned] Caenogastropoda > Superfamily Epitonioidea > Family Janthinidae > Genus Janthina

Janthina exigua Lamarck, 1816

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Janthina*	Röding, 1798	accepted genus name
*Amethistina*	[sic]	orthographic variant
*Amethistina*	[sic]	synonym

Literature

basis of record	Laursen, D. 1953. The genus Ianthina: A monograph. Dana Report 38: 1-40, pl. 1.
additional source	Spencer, H.G.; Marshall, B.A.; Maxwell, P.A.; Grant-Mackie, J.A.; Stilwell, J.D.; Willan, R.C.; Campbell, H.J.; Crampton, J.S.; Henderson, R.A.; Bradshaw, M.A.; Waterhouse, J.B.; Pojeta, J. Jr (2009). Phylum Mollusca: chitons, clams, tusk shells, snails, squids, and kin, in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. pp. 161-254.
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.
additional source	ITIS database

Genbank

Taxonomy

CLEMAM
WoRMS

External Links

USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
Biodiversity Heritage Library (76 publications)
GenBank (4 nucleotides; 2 proteins)
GBIF

Citation

Gofas, S. (2014). Janthina exigua. In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:140154