| Fossil and living neustonic gastropods referred previously to Janthinidae are revised and included in Epitoniidae. Species recognized in Janthina Röding, 1798 (= Iodes, Iodina and Amethistina Mörch, 1860, Hartungia Bronn, 1861, Heligmope Tate, 1893, Violetta Iredale, 1929, Parajanthina Tomida & Itoigawa, 1982, and Kaneconcha Kaim, Tucholke & Warén, 2012) are J. typica (Bronn), Messinian–early Piacenzian (latest Miocene–early late Pliocene), c. 7–3.0 Ma (New Zealand, southern Australia, Japan, Morocco, dredged off Brazil, Madeira, Gran Canaria I., Selvagem Grande I., and Santa Maria I., Azores); J. krejcii sp. nov., Zanclean (early Pliocene), c. 4.8–4.3 Ma (Santa Maria I.); J. chavani (Ludbrook), late Piacenzian–early Calabrian (latest... |
