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

Janthina pallida W. Thompson, 1840

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

Species group names

*Amethistina laeta*	Monterosato, 1884	synonym
*Janthina patula*	Philippi, 1844	synonym

Literature

original description	Thompson, W. (1840). Contributions towards a knowledge of the Mollusca Nudibranchia and Mollusca Tunicata of Ireland, with descriptions of some apparently new species of Invertebrata. Annals of Natural History, 5: 84-102, pl. 2
basis of record	Laursen, D. 1953. The genus Ianthina: A monograph. Dana Report 38: 1-40, pl. 1.
additional source	ITIS database

Taxon found in 56 publications.

No records found.

Genbank

Link to Genbank

Taxonomy

CLEMAM
WoRMS

External Links

USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
Biodiversity Heritage Library (31 publications)
GBIF

Citation

Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2014). Janthina pallida W. Thompson, 1840. 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:140157