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Violet Snails
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Violet Snails

Janthina

Janthina is a genus of small to medium-sized pelagic or planktonic sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Janthinidae, commonly known as the "purple snails" or the "violet shells".

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6 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Violet Sea Snail

speciesJanthina janthina

Dwarf Violet Snail

speciesJanthina exigua

Pale Janthina

speciesJanthina pallida

Elongated Violet Snail

speciesJanthina umbilicata

Violet Globe Snail

speciesJanthina globosa

Janthina typica

speciesJanthina typica

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 121656.