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of the shell, and a darker purple on the ventral side. The animal has a large head on a very flexible neck. The eyes are small and are situated at the base of its tentacles. The shell, which is violet, with a paler upper surface, is almost smooth, with a slightly depressed-globose shape. It is thin
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536:Janthina trochoidea
357:Janthina coeruleata
334:Janthina carpenteri
326:Janthina carpenteri
318:Janthina britannica
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1074:Taxon identifiers
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980:(11): 3022–3036.
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698:Janthinidae
694:J. janthina
689:Description
627:Exhibit of
598:Epitoniidae
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757:References
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657:See also:
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129:Gastropoda
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170:Janthina
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