Acteon tornatilis

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Acteon tornatilis
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dorsal view of a live Acteon tornatilis
Scientific classification OOjs UI icon edit-ltr.svg
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Family: Acteonidae
Genus: Acteon
Species:
A. tornatilis
Binomial name
Acteon tornatilis
Synonyms
  • Actaeon tornatilis(Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Acteon augustoiNobre, 1932
  • Acteon candidulus Monterosato, 1923
  • Acteon semistriatusGlibert, 1952 (dubious synonym)
  • Acteon subulatusWood S., 1848
  • Acteon tornatilis var. ancilla Monterosato, 1917
  • Acteon tornatilis var. bullaeformis Jeffreys, 1867
  • Acteon tornatilis var. bulliaeformis Jeffreys, 1867
  • Bulla tornatilis Linnaeus, 1758 (original combination)
  • Pseudactaeon luteofasciatus(Megerle von Mühlfeld, 1829)
  • Tornatella fasciata Lamarck, 1816
  • Tornatella pellucida MacGillivray, 1843
  • Turbo ovalis da Costa, 1778
  • Voluta bifasciata Gmelin, 1791
  • Voluta luteofasciataMegerle von Mühlfeld, 1824 (dubious synonym)
  • Voluta tornatilis Linnaeus, 1758

Acteon tornatilis, common name the "lathe acteon", is a species of medium-sized sea snail, a predatory marine gastropod mollusc in the family Acteonidae, the barrel bubble snails. [1]

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Distribution

This sea snail is present in the Faroes, Shetland, Norway, British coasts, Atlantic coasts of France to the Mediterranean and Marmara Sea. [2]

This is the major representative of the Acteonidae in European waters.

Description

Acteon tornatilis shell. Acteon tornatilis 01.JPG
Acteon tornatilis shell.
Acteon tornatilis f. unicolor shell. Acteon tornatilis f. unicolor 01.JPG
Acteon tornatilis f. unicolor shell.

Acteon tornatilis has a shell reaching a length of 10–25 millimetres (0.39–0.98 in). The body size reaches 30 millimetres (1.2 in). The basic colour of the shells is pink or pale brown with white bands. The shell is thick, glossy and ridged transversely, with 6–7 large whorls, filled with alternating wider light brown spiral bands and smaller pinkish stripes. The outer lip is white. The shell is elongate and ovate with a sharp apex. The aperture is narrow at the posterior notch but wider at the base. The columella is slightly thickened and twisted.

Habitat

This species lives buried in the sand, in the intertidal zone and to a depth of up to 250 m.

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References

  1. Gofas, S. (2014). Acteon tornatilis (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138691 on 2014-12-12
  2. "A sea slug (Acteon tornatilis)". MarLIN. Retrieved 3 July 2019.