Genus Janthina Röding, 1798
- Janthina Röding, 1798 [Museum Boltenianum, 2: 75; Ianthina [Lamarck, 1801, Système des animaux sans vertèbres: index p. 427; and Fischer von Waldheim, 1807, Museum Demidoff, 3: 221], Zanthina [Fischer von Waldheim, 1823, Mémoires de la Société Impériale des Naturalistes de Moscou, 6: 236] and Hyanthina [Porro, 1841, Note per una bibliografia malacologica, 3: 87] are incorrect subsequent spellings. See also Janthinus and Achates].
Type species:
Helix janthina Linnaeus, 1758 by original designation (by tautonymy [H. janthina cited in synonymy of Janthina violacea]). - Ianthina Lamarck, 1801 [subsequent misspelling; Incorrect subsequent spelling of Janthina Röding, 1798 (many later authors used this incorrect spelling)].
- Janthinus Montfort, 1810 [subsequent misspelling; Incorrect subsequent spelling of Janthina Röding, 1798].
- Zanthina Fischer von Waldheim, 1823 [subsequent misspelling; Incorrect subsequent spelling of Janthina Röding, 1798].
- Ametistina Schinz, H.R. 1825. Das Thierreich Eingetheilt nach dem Bau der Thiere als Grundlage ihrer Naturgeschichte und der vergleichenden Anatomie von dem Herrn Ritter von Cuvier: Staatsgrath von Fransreich und Beständiger Secretär der Academie der Wissenschaften u.s.w. aus dem Französischen frey übersetzt und mit vielen Zusätzen versehen von H.R. Schinz. Volume 4. Zoophyten. Stuttgart and Tubingen : J.G. Cotta'schen Buchhandlung xiii + 793 pp. [586] [invalid name; suppressed under ICZN Opinion 989, 1972].
- Hyanthina Porro, 1841 [subsequent misspelling; Incorrect subsequent spelling of Janthina Röding, 1798].
- Achates Gistel, 1848 [unnecessary substitute name for Janthina; Mörch, 1860: 277].
Type species:
Janthina violacea Röding, 1798 (= Helix janthina Linnaeus, 1758 (automatically that of the substituted name)) by original designation. - Ametistina H. Adams & A. Adams, 1854 [nomen nudum].
- Amethystina Chenu, 1859 [nomen nudum].
- Iodes Mörch, 1860.
Type species:
Iodes britannica “Leach” Forbes & Hanley, 1852 (= Helix janthina Linnaeus, 1758) by subsequent designation, see Tryon, G.W. (ed.) 1887. Solariidae, Ianthinidae, Trichotropidae, Scalariidae, Cerithiidae, Rissoidae, Littorinidae. Manual of Conchology. Philadelphia : G.W. Tryon Vol. 9 488 pp., 71 pls. [34]. - Iodina Mörch, OA.L. 1860. Matériaux pour servir à l'histoire de la famile des Janthines. Journal de Conchyliologie 8: 261-285 [282].
Type species:
Janthina exigua Lamarck, 1816 (= Helix janthina Linnaeus, 1758) by subsequent designation, see Tryon, G.W. (ed.) 1887. Solariidae, Ianthinidae, Trichotropidae, Scalariidae, Cerithiidae, Rissoidae, Littorinidae. Manual of Conchology. Philadelphia : G.W. Tryon Vol. 9 488 pp., 71 pls. [34]. - Amethistina Mörch, 1860 [section of nominotypical subgenus of Janthina; attributed by Mörch to “Schintz”].
Type species:
Janthina pallida Thomson, 1840 by subsequent designation, see Tryon, G.W. (ed.) 1887. Solariidae, Ianthinidae, Trichotropidae, Scalariidae, Cerithiidae, Rissoidae, Littorinidae. Manual of Conchology. Philadelphia : G.W. Tryon Vol. 9 488 pp., 71 pls. [34]. - Jantina Weinkauff, 1873 [subsequent misspelling; Incorrect subsequent spelling of Janthina Röding, 1798].
- Jodes Marschall, 1873 [subsequent misspelling; Incorrect subsequent spelling of Iodes Mörch [ex Leach ms], 1860].
- Jodina Marschall, 1873 [subsequent misspelling; Incorrect subsequent spelling of Iodina Mörch, 1860].
- Eligmope Dennant, 1889 [nomen nudum].
- Amethystina Pallary, 1920 [subsequent misspelling; Incorrect subsequent spelling of Amethistina Mörch, 1860].
- Violetta Iredale, T. 1929. Queensland molluscan notes, No. 1. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 9(3): 261–297, pls 30–31 [29 June 1929] [279].
Type species:
Janthina globosa Swainson, 1822 by monotypy.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Beu, A.G. 2017. Evolution of Janthina and Recluzia (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Epitoniidae). Records of the Australian Museum 69(3): 119–222 [161-162]
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Cosmopolitan
IBRA
SA, Vic: South East Corner (SEC), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP) ; SA, Vic, WA: Flinders Lofty Block (FLB) ; SA, WA: Hampton (HAM), Kanmantoo (KAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA)
IMCRA
Norfolk Island Province (21), Cocos (Keeling) Island Province (22), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Great Australian Bight Shelf Transition (32), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Tasmanian Shelf Province (36), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)
General References
Iredale, T. & McMichael, D.F. 1962. A reference list of the marine Mollusca of New South Wales. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 11: 1–109 [49]
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01-Jun-2021 | LITTORINIMORPHA Golikov & Starobogatov, 1975 | 26-Mar-2019 | MODIFIED | |
| 01-Jun-2021 | EPITONIOIDEA | 25-Nov-2015 | MODIFIED | Mr Des Beechey (AM) Ms Anouk Mututantri (AM) Lyn Randall |
| 13-Feb-2012 | MODIFIED |