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Janthinidae

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Superfamily
  
Epitonioidea

Phylum
  
Mollusca

Class
  
Gastropoda

Scientific name
  
Janthinidae

Rank
  
Family

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Similar
  
Janthina, Janthina janthina, Capulidae, Hipponicidae, Planaxidae

Janthinidae, common name the purple snails or violet snails, are a family of pelagic sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the informal group Ptenoglossa of the clade Hypsogastropoda.

This planktonic group has modified its foot to produce "rafts" of mucus bubbles used in flotation.

Genera

Genera in the family Janthinidae include:

  • Janthina Röding, 1798
  • Recluzia Petit de la Saussaye, 1853
    • The following genera have been brought into synonymy 
  • Iodes Mörch, 1860: synonym of Janthina Röding, 1798
  • Iodina Mörch, 1860 : synonym of Janthina Röding, 1798

    • References

    Janthinidae Wikipedia
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