Acteocina infrequens

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Acteocina infrequens
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Cephalaspidea
Family: Tornatinidae
Genus: Acteocina
Species:
A. infrequens
Binomial name
Acteocina infrequens
(C. B. Adams, 1852)
Synonyms
  • Acteocina angustiorBaker & Hanna, 1927
  • Acteocina magdalenensisDall, 1919
  • Bulla (Tornatina) infrequensC. B. Adams, 1852 (basionym)
  • Bulla infrequensC. B. Adams, 1852 (original combination)

Acteocina infrequens, common name the Magdalena barrel bubble, is a species of small sea snail, a marine opisthobranch gastropod mollusk in the family Acteocinidae, the barrel bubble snails. [1]

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Description

The length of the shell attains 6.7 mm, its diameter 2.5 mm.

The small, slender shell has a subcylindric shape. It is translucent white and is polished. The shell contains four whorls. The protoconch is minute, subglobular and transparent. The suture is distinct, more or less channeled. The spire is short but distinctly turreted. The aperture is narrow. The outer lip is straight, rounding below into the thickened columella which has a strong plait with a groove behind it. The body has a slight glaze. [2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs in Magdalena Bay, Lower California; off Baja California to Pacific Panama.

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References

  1. Bouchet, P.; Rosenberg, G. (2016). Acteocina infrequens (C. B. Adams, 1852). In: MolluscaBase (2016). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=575019 on 2016-07-12
  2. United States National Museum, and William Healey Dall. Descriptions of new species of Mollusca from the North Pacific Ocean in the collection of the United States National Museum. 1919 (described as Acteocina magdalenensis)