Acteon splendidulus

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Acteon splendidulus
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Shell of Acteon splendidulus (specimen at Naturalis Biodiversity Center)
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Superfamily: Acteonoidea
Family: Acteonidae
Genus: Acteon
Species:
A. splendidulus
Binomial name
Acteon splendidulus
Mörch, 1875
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Acteon splendidulus 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 5 mm, its diameter 2.25 mm.

The elongate-ovate shell is very solid. It is whitish, bright and shining. It contains about five whorls, the body whorl impressed with spiral lines, punctate along their bottoms, very distant in the middle of the body whorl, but toward the base becoming closer and in pairs. The sutural region is smooth. The spire is elevated, with two punctate lines. The columellar fold is oblique, but little projecting. The outer lip is thick. [2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Caribbean Sea off Panama Curaçao, the Virgin Islands and Suriname; in the Atlantic Ocean off the Bahamas

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References

  1. WoRMS. "Acteon splendidulus Mörch, 1875". World Register of Marine Species . Retrieved 23 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 .