Species Janthina exigua Lamarck, 1816
Globose Violet Snail
- Janthina exigua Lamarck, J.B.P.A. de M. 1816. Liste des objets représentés dans les planches de cette livraison. pp. 1-16 in Lamarck, J.B.P.A. de M. Tableau encyclopédique et méthodique des trois règnes de la nature. Vers, coquilles, mollusques et polypiers. Paris : Agasse Part 23 pp. 1-16, pls 391-488. [12, pl. 456, fig. 2a,b].
- Janthina capreolata Montrouzier, R.P. 1859. Descriptions d'espèces nouvelle de l'Archipel Calédonien. Journal de Conchyliologie 7(2): 373-375 [375].
Type data:
Status unknown, New Caledonia. - Janthina nitida Adams, A. 1869. Footnote on pages. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1868: 619-620 [620].
Type data:
Status unknown, off Tahiti, Pacific Ocean.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Malacolog Version 4.1.1 Janthina exigua Lamarck, 1816. A Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca by the Academy of Natural Sciences. date accessed 14 March 2012. http://www.malacolog.org/search.php?mode=details&waspid=5457 (see for complete synonymy)
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Cosmopolitan
IMCRA
Norfolk Island Province (21), Cocos (Keeling) Island Province (22), 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)
Distribution References
Ecological Descriptors
Marine.
General References
Beechey, D. 2008. Janthina exigua Lamarck, 1816. The seashells of New South Wales website. http://seashellsofnsw.org.au/Janthinidae/Pages/Janthina_exigua.htm (date accessed 9/3/2012)
Iredale, T. 1929. Queensland molluscan notes, No. 1. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 9(3): 261–297, pls 30–31 [29 June 1929] [278-9]
Maes, V.O. 1967. The littoral marine mollusks of Cocos-Keeling Islands (Indian Ocean). Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia 119: 93–217 [117]
Malacolog Version 4.1.1 Janthina exigua Lamarck, 1816. A Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca by the Academy of Natural Sciences. date accessed 14 March 2012. http://www.malacolog.org/search.php?mode=details&waspid=5457
Melvill, J.C. & Standen, R. 1901. The Mollusca of the Persian Gulf, Gulf of Oman, and the Arabian Sea, as evidenced mainly through the collections of Mr. F.W. Townsend, 1893-1900; with descriptions of new species. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1901(ii): 327-460 pls xxi-xxiv [353]
Pritchard, G.B. & Gatliff, J.H. 1900. Catalogue of the marine shells of Victoria. Part IV. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria 13(1): 139-156 [140]
Satyamurti, S.T. 1952. Mollusca of Krusadai Is. I. Amphineura and Gastropoda. Bulletin of the Madras Government Museum, Natural History ns 1(no. 2, pt 6): 267 pp., 34 pls [92-3]
Subba Rao, N.V. 2003. Indian Seashells (Part 1). Records of the Zoological Survey of India, Occasional Paper (192): 1-416 [221]
Tenison-Woods, J.E. 1879. Census; with brief descriptions of the marine shells of Tasmania and the adjacent islands. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 1877: 26-57 [Date published 14 Jun] [43]
Wilson, B. 1993. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, Western Australia : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 1 408 pp. [281, pl. 44, figs 37a-b]
Common Name References
Coleman, N. 1975. What Shell is That? Sydney : Lansdowne Press 298 pp. [298, pl. 808] (Globose Violet Snail)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01-Jun-2021 | CAENOGASTROPODA | 23-Apr-2021 | MODIFIED | Dr Bryan Lessard |
| 01-Jun-2021 | EPITONIOIDEA | 14-Mar-2012 | MODIFIED | Mr Des Beechey (AM) Ms Anouk Mututantri (AM) Lyn Randall |
| 13-Feb-2012 | MODIFIED |