MarBEF Data System - ERMS - Janthina Röding, 1798

ERMS taxon details

Janthina Röding, 1798

AphiaID

138092 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:138092)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Type taxon

Helix janthina Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Janthina janthina (Linnaeus, 1758) (type by absolute tautonymy)

Parent

Epitoniidae S. S. Berry, 1910 (1812)

Original name

Janthina Röding, 1798

Synonymised names

Amethistina [sic] · unaccepted (misspelling for Ametistina...)

misspelling for Ametistina Schinz, 1825

Ianthina · unaccepted (Ianthina is an emendation or an...)

Ianthina is an emendation or an incorrect subsequent spelling of Janthina. It was used indifferently with Janthina by 19th century authors and has remained sporadically in use throughout the 20th century.

Janthina (Achates) Gistel, 1848 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

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Species Janthina exigua Lamarck, 1816
Species Janthina globosa Swainson, 1822
Species Janthina janthina (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Janthina pallida W. Thompson, 1840
Subgenus Janthina (Achates) Gistel, 1848 accepted as Janthina Röding, 1798 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
1. Species Janthina (Achates) carpenteri Mörch, 1860 accepted as Janthina janthina (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Janthina bicolor O. G. Costa, 1830 accepted as Janthina janthina (Linnaeus, 1758) (junior homonym of Janthina bicolor Menke, 1828; Janthina costae is a replacement name)
Species Janthina bicolor Menke, 1828 accepted as Janthina janthina (Linnaeus, 1758) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym, and superseded combination)
Species Janthina communis Lamarck, 1822 accepted as Janthina janthina (Linnaeus, 1758) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Species Janthina fragilis Lamarck, 1801 accepted as Janthina janthina (Linnaeus, 1758) (objective synonym of J. janthina)
Species Janthina laeta (Monterosato, 1884) accepted as Janthina globosa Swainson, 1822
Species Janthina nitens Menke, 1828 accepted as Janthina globosa Swainson, 1822
Species Janthina patula R. A. Philippi, 1844 accepted as Janthina globosa Swainson, 1822
Species Janthina payraudeaui Locard, 1901 accepted as Janthina globosa Swainson, 1822
Species Janthina prolongata Blainville, 1822 accepted as Janthina globosa Swainson, 1822 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Species Janthina splendens Monterosato, 1884 accepted as Janthina globosa Swainson, 1822

Environment

marine

Fossil range

recent + fossil

Grammatical gender

feminine

Original description

Röding, P. F. (1798). Museum Boltenianum sive Catalogus cimeliorum e tribus regnis naturæ quæ olim collegerat Joa. Fried Bolten, M. D. p. d. per XL. annos proto physicus Hamburgensis. Pars secunda continens Conchylia sive Testacea univalvia, bivalvia & multivalvia. Trapp, Hamburg, viii + 199 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16230659
page(s): 75 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Janthina Röding, 1798. Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025) European Register of Marine Species at: https://www.vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=138092 on 2026-06-15

Regional species database citation

Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2026). European Register of Marine Species. Janthina Röding, 1798. Accessed at: https://www.marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138092 on 2026-06-15

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

Gofas, Serge

2017-08-25 21:18:03Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

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original description Röding, P. F. (1798). Museum Boltenianum sive Catalogus cimeliorum e tribus regnis naturæ quæ olim collegerat Joa. Fried Bolten, M. D. p. d. per XL. annos proto physicus Hamburgensis. Pars secunda continens Conchylia sive Testacea univalvia, bivalvia & multivalvia. Trapp, Hamburg, viii + 199 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16230659
page(s): 75 [details]

basis of record Beu, A. G. (2017). Evolution of Janthina and Recluzia (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Epitoniidae). Records of the Australian Museum. 69(3): 119-222., available online at https://doi.org/10.3853/j.2201-4349.69.2017.1666 [details]