Acteon maltzani

Acteon maltzani
Shell of Acteon maltzani (specimen at the Natural History Museum, Rotterdam)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Superfamily:	Acteonoidea
Family:	Acteonidae
Genus:	Acteon
Species:	A. maltzani
Binomial name
Acteon maltzani Dautzenberg, 1910
Synonyms [1]
Actaeon maltzaniDautzenberg, 1910 (original combination) Actaeon senegalensisMaltzan, 1885 (preoccupied by Actaeon senegalensis(Petit de la Saussaye, 1851) )

Acteon maltzani is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Acteonidae. ^[1]

Description

The length of the shell varies between 2.5 mm and 6 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off West Africa (Senegal), the Canary Islands and Cape Verde.

References

1. WoRMS. "Acteon maltzani Dautzenberg, 1910". World Register of Marine Species . Retrieved 27 March 2024.

Further reading

• Rolán E. (2005). Malacological Fauna From The Cape Verde Archipelago. Part 1, Polyplacophora and Gastropoda. ConchBooks. Hackenheim. ISBN   978-3-325-31973-6. 455 pp.
• Ortea J. & Moro L. (2018). Nuevas citas y nuevos datos sobre las lesmas do mar (Mollusca: Gastropoda) de las islas de Cabo Verde (II). Avicennia. 22: 49–58.

External links

• Dautzenberg P. (1910). Contribution à la faune malacologique de l'Afrique occidentale. Actes de la Société Linnéenne de Bordeaux. 64: 47-228, pls 1-4