Jaton

Genus of gastropods

Jaton

Scientific classification
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Mollusca
Class:  | Gastropoda
Subclass:  | Caenogastropoda
Order:  | Neogastropoda
Superfamily:  | Muricoidea
Family:  | Muricidae
Subfamily:  | Ocenebrinae
Genus:  | Jaton
Pusch, 1837
Type species
Murex decussatus Gmelin, 1791

Synonyms[1]

* Jatova Jousseaume, 1880
* Murex (Jaton) Pusch, 1837 (superseded combination)

Jaton is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Ocenebrinae of the family Muricidae, and murex snails or rock snails.[1]

## Species

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Species within the genus Jaton include:

* Jaton decussatus (Gmelin, 1791)[2]
* † Jaton dufrenoyi (Grateloup, 1845)
* Jaton flavidus (Jousseaume, 1874)[3]
* Jaton hemitripterus (Lamarck, 1816)[4]
* Jaton sinespina Vermeij & Houart, 1996[5]
* † Jaton sowerbyi (Michelotti, 1841)

Species brought into synonymy

* Jaton angolensis Ryan, 1984:[6] 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

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1. ^ a b Jaton Pusch, 1837. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
2. ^ Jaton decussatus (Gmelin, 1791). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
3. ^ Jaton flavidus (Jousseaume, 1874). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
4. ^ Jaton hemitripterus (Lamarck, 1816). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
5. ^ Jaton sinespina Vermeij & Houart, 1996. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
6. ^ Jaton angolensis Ryan. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.

* Nolf F. & Hubrecht S. (2020). A comparative study of the Jaton species in East Atlantic waters. Neptunea. 15(2): 11-36

## External links

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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Jaton.

* 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

Taxon identifiers

Jaton|

* Wikidata: Q6164651
* CoL: 7P64F
* GBIF: 4364655
* IRMNG: 1017282
* NCBI: 1860130
* Open Tree of Life: 2910103
* Paleobiology Database: 11226
* WoRMS: 225326

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