Acteon sieboldii

Acteon sieboldii
Shell of Acteon sieboldii (specimen at Naturalis Biodiversity Center)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Superfamily:	Acteonoidea
Family:	Acteonidae
Genus:	Acteon
Species:	A. sieboldii
Binomial name
Acteon sieboldii (Reeve, 1842)
Synonyms [1]
Japonactaeon sieboldii(Reeve, 1842) superseded combination Tornatella sieboldiiReeve, 1842 ·

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

Description

The shell is ovately conical. It is transversely densely striated throughout. It has a livid ruddy color and is banded with white at the sutures. The columella is one-plaited ^[2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Japan, Oman and the Philippines.

References

1. WoRMS. "Acteon sieboldii(Reeve, 1842)". 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 .

• Lin GY. & Qi ZY.(1985). A preliminary survey of the Cephalaspidea (Opisthobranchia) of Hong Kong and adjacent waters. In: Morton B & Dudgeon D., editor. Proceedings of the Second International workshop on the malacofauna of Hong Kong. The malacofauna of Hong Kong and southern China II. Hong Kong University Press, Hong Kong. 1: pp109–124
• Higo, S., Callomon, P. & Goto, Y. (1999) Catalogue and Bibliography of the Marine Shell-Bearing Mollusca of Japan. Elle Scientific Publications, Yao, Japan, 749 pp.
• Poppe, G. T. & Tagaro, S. P. (2023). The Acteonidae of the Philippines. A short study with the description of newly discovered species. Visaya. 5(6): 13–37.

External links

• Reeve, L. A. (1842). Monograph of the genus Tornatella, a small group of pectinibranchiate mollusks of the family Plicacea, including descriptions of seven new species, from the collection of H. Cuming, Esq. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 10: 58–62.