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Taxonomy > Epitoniidae > Janthina < Previous species - Next species > (within the family) Janthina janthina (Linnaeus, 1758) Keen (1971) Sea shells of tropical West America. Marine Mollusks from Baja California to Peru. - p. 442 Brusca (1980) Common intertidal marine invertebrates of the Gulf of California. 2nd edition. - p. 166 Skoglund (2002) Panamic province molluscan literature: additions and changes from 1971 through 2000. III Gastropoda. - p. 64 Gurgo Salice & Cáceres (2021) Baja Californian sea shells. - p. 56 Statistics Frequency rare - 10 localities (5.08 %) Sediment 32 (0 fine >> 100 coarse sediment) Size and comments The literature gives a maximum diameter of 44mm; beach specimens remain below 20mm. Images Larger diameter 17.7mm. Taxonomy > Epitoniidae > Janthina < Previous species - Next species > (within the family)