MolluscaBase - Janthina bicolor O. G. Costa, 1830

MolluscaBase name details

Janthina bicolor O. G. Costa, 1830

AphiaID

747023 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:747023)

Classification

Status

unaccepted (junior homonym of Janthina bicolor Menke, 1828; Janthina costae is a replacement name)

Accepted name

Janthina janthina (Linnaeus, 1758)

Rank

Species

Parent

Janthina Röding, 1798

Original name

Janthina bicolor O. G. Costa, 1830

Environment

marine

Original description

Costa, O. G. (1830 ["1829"]). Catalogo sistematico e ragionato de' testacei delle Due Sicilie. Tipografia della Minerva, Napoli, pp. 1-8, i-cxxxii, pl. 1-3., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13047696
page(s): cvi, cxii-cxiii [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Janthina bicolor O. G. Costa, 1830. Accessed at: https://molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=747023 on 2025-09-12

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2014-01-24 06:18:06Z

created

Bouchet, Philippe

2017-09-17 15:51:42Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

2024-12-14 18:48:30Z

changed

Gofas, Serge

Licensing

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[taxonomic tree]

original description Costa, O. G. (1830 ["1829"]). Catalogo sistematico e ragionato de' testacei delle Due Sicilie. Tipografia della Minerva, Napoli, pp. 1-8, i-cxxxii, pl. 1-3., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13047696
page(s): cvi, cxii-cxiii [details]

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

To Biodiversity Heritage Library (42 publications)