Janthinoidea
Superfamily of gastropods
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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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| Janthina janthina sea snail with its bubble raft, washed up on the east shore of the island of Maui | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Clade: | Hypsogastropoda |
| Suborder: | Ptenoglossa |
| Superfamily: | Janthinoidea Lamarck 1810 |
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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]
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Taxonomy
Janthinoidea includes the following families, genera, and species.[2]
- Epitoniidae
- Acrilla
- Alexania
- Cirsotrema
- Cirsotrema multiperforata
- Cirsotrema varicosum
- Cycloscala
- Cycloscala crenulata
- Epidendrium
- Epidendrium aureum
- Epidendrium sordidum
- Epifungium
- Epifungium adgranulosa
- Epifungium adgravis
- Epifungium adscabra
- Epifungium hartogi
- Epifungium hoeksemai
- Epifungium lochi
- Epifungium marki
- Epifungium nielsi
- Epifungium pseudolochi
- Epifungium pseudotwilae
- Epifungium twilae
- Epifungium ulu
- Epitonium
- Epitonium ancillotoi
- Epitonium angulatum
- Epitonium clathratulum
- Epitonium clathrus
- Epitonium cf. jukesianum
- Epitonium jukesianum
- Epitonium replicatum
- Epitonium sawinae
- Epitonium scalare
- Epitonium tinctum
- Epitonium trevelyanum
- Gyroscala
- Opalia
- Opalia chacei
- Opalia gracilis
- Surrepifungium
- Surrepifungium costulatum
- Surrepifungium ingridae
- Surrepifungium oliverioi
- Surrepifungium patamakanthini
- Janthinidae
- Janthina
- Janthina exigua
- Janthina janthina
- Janthina cf. prolongata CKC-2011
- Janthina umbilicata
- Recluzia
- Recluzia cf. jehennei CKC-2011
- Janthina
