''Jaton'' is a
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sea snail
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s,
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gastropod
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s in the subfamily
Ocenebrinae
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Muricidae
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, the 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)
References
* Nolf F. & Hubrecht S. (2020). A comparative study of the Jaton species in East Atlantic waters. Neptunea. 15(2): 11-36
External links
Pusch, G. G. (1836-1837). Polens Paläontologie, oder Abbildung und Beschreibung der vorzüglichsten und der noch unbeschriebenen Petrefakten aus den Gebirgsformationen in Polen, Volhynien und den Karpathen, nebst einigen allgemeinen Beiträgen zur Petrefaktenkunde und einem Versuch zur Vervollständigung der Geschichte des Europäischen Auer-Ochsen. pp. 1-80Vermeij, G. J.; Houart, R. (1996). The genus Jaton (Muricidae, Ocenebrinae), with the description of a new species from Angola, West Africa. Iberus. 14(1): 83-91Barco A., Herbert G., Houart R., Fassio G. & Oliverio M. (2017). A molecular phylogenetic framework for the subfamily Ocenebrinae (Gastropoda, Muricidae). Zoologica Scripta. 46: 322-335
Ocenebrinae
Gastropod genera
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