Acteon (gastropod)

Acteon
Shell of Acteon tornatilis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Heterobranchia
informal group Lower Heterobranchia
Superfamily: Acteonoidea
Family: Acteonidae
Genus: Acteon
Montfort, 1810
Synonyms
  • Actaeon Ersch & Gruber, 1818 (unjustified emendation)
  • Tornatella Lamarck, 1816

Acteon is a genus of small sea snails, predatory marine gastropod mollusks in the family Acteonidae, the barrel bubble snails.

The genus is named after Acteon, a character in Greek mythology.

Description

The shell is convoluted, ovate, cylindrical, generally transversely striated. The aperture is oblong, entire, somewhat effuse at its base. It shows one or more folds upon the columella. The outer lip is thin, sharp, never having a varix.

The species of this genus are all marine, and convolute. They are almost always transversely striated. They are generally oval and cylindrical. The spire is more or less projecting and obtuse. The aperture is elongated, often narrowed at its posterior part, widened and somewhat effuse at its base. The folds of the columella vary from one to three. They are generally thick and obtuse.[1]

In the genus Acteon, the individual teeth of the radula are very small. There are many teeth in each row.

Species

According to the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), the following species with accepted names are included in the genus Acteon[2]

  • Acteon antarcticus Thiele, 1912
  • Acteon aphyodes Valdès, 2008
  • Acteon archibenthicola Habe, 1955
  • Acteon areatus Verco, 1907
  • Acteon articulatus Marwick, 1931
  • Acteon baracoensis Espinosa & Ortea, 2014
  • Acteon biplicatus Strebel, 1908
  • Acteon boteroi Valdès, 2008
  • Acteon buccinus Valdès, 2008
  • Acteon candens Rehder, 1939
  • Acteon castus Hinds, 1844
  • Acteon cebuanus Lan, 1985
  • Acteon chattonensis Marwick, 1929
  • Acteon chauliodous Valdès, 2008
  • Acteon chrystomatus Valdès, 2008
  • Acteon cohibilis Valdès, 2008
  • Acteon comptus Valdès, 2008
  • Acteon danaida Dall, 1881
  • Acteon dancei Poppe, Tagaro & Stahlschmidt, 2015
  • Acteon delicatus Dall, 1889
  • Acteon dolichoroseus Iredale, 1936
  • Acteon editus Valdès, 2008
  • Acteon elongatus Castellanos, Rolán & Bartolotta, 1987
  • Acteon exiguus Mörch, 1875
  • Acteon finlayi Stearns, 1898
  • Acteon fortis Thiele, 1925
  • Acteon fructuosus Iredale, 1936
  • Acteon hebes A. E. Verrill, 1885
  • Acteon herosae Valdès, 2008
  • Acteon incisus Dall, 1881
  • Acteon infulatus Marwick, 1931
  • Acteon insculptus (Reeve, 1842)
  • Acteon ionfasciatus Valdès, 2008
  • Acteon juvenis Dall, 1927
  • Acteon lacunatus Dall, 1927
  • Acteon laetus Thiele, 1925
  • Acteon loyautensis Valdès, 2008
  • Acteon maltzani Dautzenberg, 1910
  • Acteon melampoides Dall, 1881
  • Acteon mirim Cunha, 2011
  • Acteon monterosatoi Dautzenberg, 1889
  • Acteon nakayamai Habe, 1952
  • Acteon oneroaensis Powell & Bartrum, 1929
  • Acteon osexiguus Valdès, 2008
  • Acteon otamateaensis Laws, 1941
  • Acteon pahaka Maxwell, 1992
  • Acteon panamensis Dall, 1908
  • Acteon parallelus Dall, 1927
  • Acteon particolor Dall, 1927
  • Acteon pelecais Marcus, 1972
  • Acteon perforatus Dall, 1881
  • Acteon procratericulatus Laws, 1939
  • Acteon profundus Valdès, 2008
  • Acteon pudicus (A. Adams), 1854
  • Acteon retusus Verco, 1907
  • Acteon rhektos Valdès, 2008
  • Acteon ringiculoides Valdès, 2008
  • Acteon roseus Hedley, 1906
  • Acteon secale Gould, 1859
  • Acteon semicingulatus Dall, 1927
  • Acteon semisculptus E. A. Smith, 1890
  • Acteon semispiralis P. Marshall, 1917
  • Acteon senegalensis (Petit de la Saussaye, 1851)
  • Acteon soyoae Habe, 1961
  • Acteon splendidulus Mörch, 1875
  • Acteon subincisus Okutani, 1968
  • Acteon subroseus Iredale, 1936
  • Acteon teramachii Habe, 1950
  • Acteon tornatilis (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Acteon traskii Stearns, 1898
  • Acteon valentina Poppe, Tagaro & Stahlschmidt, 2015
  • Acteon vangoethemi Poppe, Tagaro & Stahlschmidt, 2015
  • Acteon venustus d'Orbigny, 1840
  • Acteon virgatus (Reeve, 1842)
  • Acteon wangaloa Finlay & Marwick, 1937
  • Acteon yamamurae Habe, 1976
Taxa inquerenda
Species brought into synonymy

The Indo-Pacific molluscan Database also includes the following species:

The Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) also includes the following species:[3]


References

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