Ianthina

I*an"thi*na

(?), n.;
pl. L. Ianthin (#), E. Ianthinas (#).
[NL., fr. L. ianthinus violet-blue, Gr. ; violet + flower.] (Zol.) Any gastropod of the genus Ianthina, of which various species are found living in mid ocean; -- called also purple shell, and violet snail.
[Written also janthina.]

[1913 Webster]

It floats at the surface by means of a raft, which it constructs by forming and uniting together air bubbles of hardened mucus. The Tyrian purple of the ancients was obtained in part from mollusks of this genus.
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