OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database
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Gastropoda Hypsogastropoda Janthinidae
Janthina umbilicata D'Orbigny, 1840
Type of listing: Name in current use
Synonymy
Ianthina umbilicata [sic]
Janthina umbilicata D'Orbigny, 1840
Janthina (Iodina) umbilicata (D'Orbigny, 1840)
Janthina nitida A. Adams, 1869
Distribution
Rehder, 1980 (Rehde1980x15): "Worldwide in most tropical and subtropical waters."
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Red Sea
ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Lower E coast
ABRS Regions: Australia: New South Wales
OBIS Regions: Temperate Indo-West Pacific: Southern Hemisphere: Australia (S): New South Wales
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-China: Japan
References
Bennett, I. 1966. p.43 Contains synonymy
Classification
Animalia
Mollusca
Conchifera
Visceroconcha
Gastropoda
Orthogastropoda
Caenogastropoda
Sorbeoconcha
Hypsogastropoda
Ptenoglossa
Epitonioidea
Janthinidae
Janthina Röding, 1798
Janthina umbilicata D'Orbigny, 1840
Metadata
Taxon name record (intBiotaID=76000) created by benamy on 2002-08-14. Record last updated by Peter Ulrik Middelfart on 2002-10-28.