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Jaton
Sign in to saveJaton is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Ocenebrinae of the family Muricidae, and murex snails or rock snails.
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GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumMollusca
- ClassGastropoda
- OrderNeogastropoda
- FamilyMuricidae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 18
- With media
- 3
- Family
- Muricidae
- Collections
- UCMP, SIO, SBMNH, UF
- Recorded in
- United States, Mexico, Western Sahara, Spain, Senegal, Mauritania, West Africa
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- Parent taxon
- Ocenebrinae
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- Jaton hemitripterus (MNHN-IM-2000-1511) 002.jpeg
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Jaton is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Ocenebrinae of the family Muricidae, and murex snails or rock snails.
==Species== Species within the genus Jaton include: Jaton decussatus (Gmelin, 1791) † Jaton dufrenoyi (Grateloup, 1845) Jaton flavidus (Jousseaume, 1874) Jaton hemitripterus (Lamarck, 1816) Jaton sinespina Vermeij & Houart, 1996 † Jaton sowerbyi (Michelotti, 1841) Species brought into synonymy: Jaton angolensis Ryan, 1984: synonym of Jaton sinespina Vermeij & Houart, 1996 Jaton rikae Petuch & Berschauer, 2019: synonym of Jaton hemitripterus (Lamarck, 1816) Jaton westsahariensis Franchi, 2007: synonym of Jaton hemitripterus (Lamarck, 1816)
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