Galapagos Species Database

Taxon category: Accepted

Syn.: Janthina fragilis Lamarck, 1801; USNM: 48441, 679191, LACM: AHF 160-34, CAS: 27553, 27555, 38919, 38920, 38921, 38922, CDRS: 270, 355, 894, 1477, fide Finet, Y. (2001). Helix janthina, Janthina affinis, Janthina africana, Janthina alba, Janthina balteata, Janthina bicolor, Janthina bicolor var. Major, Janthina bicolor var., Janthina britannica, Janthina carpenteri, Janthina carpenteri var. Contorta, Janthina casta Janthina coeruleata, Janthina communis, Janthina costae, Janthina depressa, Janthina fibula, Janthina fragilis, Janthina fragilis var., Janthina grandis, Janthina involuta, Janthina orbignyi, Janthina penicephela, Janthina planispirata, Janthina roseala, Janthina rotundata, Janthina smithiae, Janthina striulata, Janthina striulata var. Contorta, Janthina trochoidea, Janthina violacea, Janthina vulgaris, fide Appeltans et al.(2010)

Origin: Native

IUCN Red List Category: Not evaluated

Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.

Distribution: Widely distributed

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• Hickman, C.P. Jr. Finet, Y. (1999) A Field Guide to the Marine Molluscs of Galápagos. Sugar Spring Press, Lexington, Virginia, 150 pp.
• Finet, Y. (1991) The Marine Mollusks of the Galapagos Islands. In: Galápagos Marine Invertebrate. Taxonomy, Biogeography, and Evolution in Darwin's Islands. Plenum Press. New York and London, p. 253-280.
• Keen, A.M. (1958) Sea Shells of Tropical West America. Stanford University Press, Palo Alto, 1st edition, 624 pp.
• Appeltans, W. Bouchet, P., Boxshall, G.A., Fauchald, K., Gordon, D.P., Hoeksema, B.W., Poore, G.C.B., van Soest, R.W.M., Stöhr, S., Walter, T.C., Costello, M.J. (eds.) (2010) World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS). Available online at http://www.marinespecies.org.
• IUCN (2010) IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2010.1. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 26 April 2010.