Janthinoidea

Janthinoidea
Janthina janthina sea snail with its bubble raft, washed up on the east shore of the island of Maui, Hawaii
Janthina janthina sea snail with its bubble raft, washed up on the east shore of the island of Maui
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Clade: Hypsogastropoda
Suborder: Ptenoglossa
Superfamily: Janthinoidea
Lamarck 1810
Families

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.

Phylogeny

Molecular evidence supports a tree for Janthinoidea that shows the sequential development of traits for a neustonic life. 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.

Janthinoidea

Taxonomy

Janthinoidea includes the following families, genera, and species.

References

  1. 1 2 3 Churchill, Celia K.C.; Ó Foighil, Diarmaid; Strong, Ellen E.; Gittenberger, Adriaan (11 October 2011). "Females floated first in bubble-rafting snails" (PDF). Current Biology. 21 (19). Elsevier: R802–R803. Bibcode:2011CBio...21.R802C. doi:10.1016/j.cub.2011.08.011. ISSN 0960-9822. OCLC 4931820224. PMID 21996498. S2CID 14454191. Retrieved 20 February 2018.
  2. ↑ "Janthinoidea" (HTML). NCBI taxonomy. Bethesda, MD: National Center for Biotechnology Information. Archived from the original on 22 February 2018. Retrieved 18 February 2018.