Acteon senegalensis

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Acteon senegalensis
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Drawing of a shell of Acteon senegalensis
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Superfamily: Acteonoidea
Family: Acteonidae
Genus: Acteon
Species:
A. senegalensis
Binomial name
Acteon senegalensis
(Petit de la Saussaye, 1851)
Synonyms [1]

Tornatella senegalensisPetit de la Saussaye, 1851

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

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Description

The length of the shell attains 17 mm, its diameter 6 mm.

The thin, elongated shell is cylindrical. It is subpellucid and white. The acute spire is turrited. The shell contains seven whorls, regularly transversely striated. The columella is obliquely uniplicate.

The elongated form, thinness of the shell, and the obliquity of the columellar fold are the distinguishing features of this form. [2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean at the mouth of the Gambia river

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References

  1. 1 2 WoRMS. "Acteon senegalensis (Petit de la Saussaye, 1851)". 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 PD-icon.svg This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .


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