Acteon pudicus

Acteon pudicus
Drawing of a shell of Acteon pudicus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Superfamily:	Acteonoidea
Family:	Acteonidae
Genus:	Acteon
Species:	A. pudicus
Binomial name
Acteon pudicus A. Adams, 1855
Synonyms [1]
Actaeon pudicusA. Adams, 1855superseded combination Pupa pudica(A. Adams, 1855)

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

Description

The oval shell is subcylindrical, subumbilicate and solid. it is dull whitish, a little flesh tinted. The spire is a little elevated. The whorls are convex, transversely grooved, the grooves equal, punctate. The aperture is oblong. The columella is strongly uniplicate. ^[2]

Distribution

This marine species has a wide distribution and occurs off South Africa, the Philippines, Guam and in French Polynesia.

References

1. WoRMS. "Acteon pudicus A. Adams, 1855". World Register of Marine Species . Retrieved 29 March 2024.
2. G.W. Tryon, (1893) - Manual of conchology, structural and systematic : with illustrations of the species ser;1 vol. 15; Philadelphia, Published by the Author, Academy of Natural Sciences, 1879-1898 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .

External links

• Adams, A. (1855). Monographs of Actaeon and Solidula, two genera or Gasteropodous Mollusca with Descriptions of several New Species from the Cumingian Collection. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. (1854) 22(1): 58-62