Jaton

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Jaton
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Muricoidea
Family: Muricidae
Subfamily: Ocenebrinae
Genus: Jaton
Pusch, 1837
Type species
Murex decussatus Gmelin, 1791
Synonyms[1]
  • Jatova Jousseaume, 1880
  • Murex (Jaton) Pusch, 1837 (superseded combination)

Jaton is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Ocenebrinae of the family Muricidae, and murex snails or rock snails.[1]

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