Janthina exigua
| Janthina exigua | |
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| Live Janthina exigua retracted into its shell | |
| Shell of Janthina exigua | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Epitonioidea |
| Family: | Epitoniidae |
| Genus: | Janthina |
| Species: | J. exigua |
| Binomial name | |
| Janthina exigua Lamarck, 1816 | |
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Janthina exigua, also known as the dwarf janthina, is a species of small holoplanktonic sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Epitoniidae, the violet snails or purple storm snails.