Janthina typica

Janthina typica
	Shell of † Jathina typica (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Superfamily:	Epitonioidea
Family:	Epitoniidae
Genus:	Janthina
Species:	†J. typica
Binomial name
	†Janthina typica; (Bronn, 1861)
Synonyms
	† Acrybia (Hartungia) chouberti Chavan, 1951; † Acrybia chouberti Chavan, 1951; † Acrybia (Heligmope) dennanti (Tate, 1893); † Eunaticina abyssalis Simone, 2014; † Hartungia dennanti (Tate, 1893); † Hartungia elegans Tomida & Nakamura, 2001; † Hartungia typica Bronn, 1861 (superseded combination); † Heligmope dennanti Tate, 1893 (junior subjective synonym); † Janthina hartungi Mayer, 1864 (junior subjective synonym); † Turbo postulatus Bartrum, 1919 (junior subjective synonym);

Janthina typica is an extinct species of holoplanktonic sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Epitoniidae, the violet snails or purple storm snails.^[1]

Distribution

Fossils of this marine species were found in the Azores and also in Pliocene strata in Victoria, Australia.

^ MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Janthina typica (Bronn, 1861) †. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=830818 on 2024-03-19

Bronn, H. G. (1861 ["1860"]). Die fossilien Reste von Santa Maria, der südlichsten der Azorischen Inseln. Untersucht und beschreiben von Dr. H.G. Bronn. Pp. 116–129, in: Hartung, G. (ed.), Die Azoren in ihrer äusseren Erscheinung und nach ihrer geognostischen Natur geschildert von George Hartung, mit beschreibung der fossilen reste von Prof. H.G. Bronn. Engelmann, Leipzig.
Cossmann (M.), 1925 - Essais de Paléoconchologie comparée. livraison 13, p. 1-345
Tate, R. (1893). The gastropods of the older Tertiary of Australia. Part 4. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia. 17: 316–345.
Bartrum, J. A. (1919). New fossil Mollusca. Transactions of the New Zealand Institute. 51: 96–100.
Maxwell, P. A. (2009). Cenozoic Mollusca. pp 232–254 in Gordon, D. P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch.

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