Category
page 1Wentletraps
Epitonium scalare
species of mollusc
Janthina janthina
species of mollusc
Epitoniidae
Wentletraps are small, often white, very high-spired, predatory or ectoparasitic sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Epitoniidae. The family Epitoniidae belongs to the superfamily Epitonioidea. Since 2017 this family also includes the former families Janthinidae (the pelagic purple snails) and Nystiellidae, all part of the informal group Ptenoglossa. Epitoniidae is a rather large family, with an estimated number of species about 630.
Janthina
Janthina is a genus of small to medium-sized pelagic or planktonic sea snails that belongs to the family Epitoniidae. Species in this genus occur worldwide in tropical, subtropical and warm seas.
Epitonium
Epitonium is a genus of small predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks. Epitonium is the type genus of the family Epitoniidae, the wentletraps.
Epitonium clathrum
species of mollusc
Janthina globosa
species of mollusc
Cirsotrema
Cirsostrema is a genus of very small deepwater sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Epitoniidae, commonly known as the wentletraps.
Gyroscala lamellosa
species of mollusc
Janthina exigua
species of mollusc
Janthina pallida
species of mollusc
Acirsa
Acirsa is a genus of predatory sea snails, marine prosobranch gastropod mollusks in the family Epitoniidae. They are commonly known as wentletraps.
Opalia
genus of molluscs
Epitonium jukesianum
species of mollusc
Murdochella levifoliata
species of mollusc
Janthina umbilicata
species of mollusc
Papuliscala superlata
species of mollusc
Amaea
Amaea is a genus of predatory sea snails, marine prosobranch gastropod mollusks in the family Epitoniidae. They are commonly known as wentletraps.
Epitonium novangliae
species of mollusc
Epitonium humphreysii
species of mollusc
Murdochella alacer
species of mollusc
Epidendrium billeeanum
species of mollusc
Funiscala maxwelli
species of mollusc
Murdochella
Murdochella is a genus of small sea snails, marine gastropods in the family Epitoniidae, the wentletraps, the purple snails, and their allies.
Alexania
genus of molluscs
Recluzia
Recluzia is a genus of neustonic sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Epitoniidae, which also includes the convergently neustonic Janthina. These uncommon, yellow-brownish snails are known principally from the Indo-West Pacific province and northern Indian Ocean, though Recluzia lutea can also be found rarely in the east Pacific and Atlantic oceans.
Epitonium tenellum
species of mollusc
Epitonium minorum
species of mollusc
Epitonium bucknilli
species of mollusc