Jaton

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 <small>(Gmelin, 1791)</small>
• † Jaton dufrenoyi <small>(Grateloup, 1845)</small>
• Jaton flavidus <small>(Jousseaume, 1874)</small>
• Jaton hemitripterus <small>(Lamarck, 1816)</small>
• Jaton sinespina <small>Vermeij & Houart, 1996</small>
• † Jaton sowerbyi <small>(Michelotti, 1841)</small>

• Jaton angolensis <small>Ryan, 1984</small>: synonym of Jaton sinespina <small>Vermeij & Houart, 1996</small>
• Jaton rikae <small>Petuch & Berschauer, 2019</small>: synonym of Jaton hemitripterus <small>(Lamarck, 1816)</small>
• Jaton westsahariensis <small>Franchi, 2007</small>: synonym of Jaton hemitripterus <small>(Lamarck, 1816)</small>

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. 1-80
• Vermeij, G. J.; Houart, R. (1996). The genus Jaton (Muricidae, Ocenebrinae), with the description of a new species from Angola, West Africa. Iberus. 14(1): 83-91
• Barco 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