Janthinoidea
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| Janthina janthina sea snail with its bubble raft, washed up on the east shore of the island of Maui | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Clade: | Hypsogastropoda |
| Suborder: | Ptenoglossa |
| Superfamily: | Janthinoidea Lamarck 1810 |
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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.[1]
Phylogeny
Molecular evidence supports a tree for Janthinoidea that shows the sequential development of traits for a neustonic life.[1] The wentletraps (Epitoniidae) have tethered egg massses that started to be used for flotation in Recluzia and then totally divorce from it's original function for the ovoviviparous Janthina janthina.[1]
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Taxonomy
Janthinoidea includes the following families, genera, and species.[2]
- Epitoniidae
- Janthinidae
References
- ^ a b c 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. doi:10.1016/j.cub.2011.08.011. ISSN 0960-9822. OCLC 4931820224. PMID 21996498. Retrieved 20 February 2018.
- ^ "Janthinoidea" (HTML). NCBI taxonomy. Bethesda, MD: National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved 18 February 2018.
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