Janthinoidea

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Janthinoidea
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Janthina janthina sea snail with its bubble raft, washed up on the east shore of the island of Maui
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Clade: Hypsogastropoda
Suborder: Ptenoglossa
Superfamily: Janthinoidea
Lamarck 1810
Families

Janthinoidea is a superfamily of sea snails containing wentletraps (Epitoniidae) and surfing snails (Janthinidae). It includes species that have tethered egg masses, some of which are used for flotation. [1]

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Phylogeny

Molecular evidence supports a tree for Janthinoidea that shows the sequential development of traits for a neustonic life. [1] The wentletraps (Epitoniidae) have tethered egg masses that started to be used for flotation in Recluzia and then totally divorce from its original function for the ovoviviparous Janthina janthina . [1]

Janthinoidea
Surrepifungium

Surrepifungium costulatum

Surrepifungium ingridae

Epidendrium sordidum

Epitonium

Epitonium tinctum

Epitonium ancillotoi

Opalia chacei

Cirostrema varicosa

Janthinidae
Recluzia

Recluzia cf. jehennei

Janthina

Janthina cf. prolongata

Janthina exigua

Janthina janthina

Taxonomy

Janthinoidea includes the following families, genera, and species. [2]

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<i>Epitonium</i> Genus of gastropods

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<i>Cirsotrema</i> Genus of gastropods

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<i>Acirsa</i> Genus of gastropods

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Paludiscala de oro snail Species of gastropod

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<i>Janthina</i> Genus of gastropods

Janthina is a genus of small to medium-sized pelagic or planktonic sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Epitoniidae.

<i>Janthina janthina</i> Species of gastropod

Janthina janthina, common name the violet sea-snail or common violet snail, is a species of holoplanktonic sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Epitoniidae, the violet snails or purple storm snails.

Epitonium jukesianum is a species of very small parasitic sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Epitoniidae, the wentletraps.

<i>Gyroscala lamellosa</i> Species of gastropod

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<i>Epitonium clathrum</i> Species of gastropod

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<i>Epitonium humphreysii</i> Species of gastropod

Epitonium humphreysii, common name Humphrey's wentletrap, is a species of small predatory or ectoparasitic sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Epitoniidae, the wentletraps.

<i>Epidendrium billeeanum</i> Species of gastropod

Epidendrium billeeanum, commonly known as the Yellow sea snail or the Golden wentletrap, is a species of small predator and ectoparasite sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Epitoniidae, the wentletraps.

<i>Janthina globosa</i> Species of gastropod

Janthina globosa is a species of holoplanktonic sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Epitoniidae, the violet snails or purple storm snails.

<i>Opalia</i> (gastropod) Genus of gastropods

Opalia is a genus of small sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Epitoniidae, commonly known as wentletraps.

Cycloscala is a genus of predatory sea snails, marine prosobranch gastropod mollusks in the family Epitoniidae, commonly known as wentletraps.

<i>Ecclesiogyra</i> Genus of gastropods

Ecclesiogyra is a genus of predatory sea snails, marine prosobranch gastropod mollusks in the family Epitoniidae, commonly known as wentletraps.

<i>Gregorioiscala</i> Genus of gastropods

Gregorioiscala is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Epitoniidae, commonly known as wentletraps.

References

  1. 1 2 3 Churchill, Celia K.C.; Ó Foighil, Diarmaid; Strong, Ellen E.; Gittenberger, Adriaan (11 October 2011). "Females floated first in bubble-rafting snails" (PDF). Current Biology. Elsevier. 21 (19): R802–R803. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2011.08.011 . ISSN   0960-9822. OCLC   4931820224. PMID   21996498. S2CID   14454191 . Retrieved 20 February 2018.
  2. "Janthinoidea" (HTML). NCBI taxonomy. Bethesda, MD: National Center for Biotechnology Information. Archived from the original on 22 February 2018. Retrieved 18 February 2018.