{"id":19436,"date":"2023-05-08T11:26:05","date_gmt":"2023-05-08T14:26:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gabrielpaladino.com\/?p=19436"},"modified":"2025-09-15T12:07:22","modified_gmt":"2025-09-15T15:07:22","slug":"janthina-janthina-linnaeus-1758","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/pelecyphora.ddns.net:60123\/GabrielPaladino.com\/2023\/05\/08\/janthina-janthina-linnaeus-1758\/","title":{"rendered":"Janthina janthina (Linnaeus, 1758)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/52880059877_7232e423b8_k.jpg\"><p><\/p>\n<div>\u2022 Violet sea-snail, common violet snail, large violet snail, purple storm snail<br>\n\u2022 Caracol marino violeta, caracol violeta com\u00fan<p><\/p>\n<p><b>Scientific classification:<\/b><br>\nKingdom:Animalia<br>\nPhylum:Mollusca<br>\nClass:Gastropoda<br>\nSubclass:Caenogastropoda<br>\nSuperfamily:Epitonioidea<br>\nFamily:Epitoniidae<br>\nGenus:Janthina<br>\nSpecies:J. janthina<\/p>\n<p>Playa 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