| Acteonidae | |
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| dorsal view of a live Acteon tornatilis | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
| Superfamily: | Acteonoidea |
| Family: | Acteonidae d'Orbigny, 1843 |
| Type genus | |
| Acteon d'Orbigny, 1843 | |
| Synonyms [1] | |
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Acteonidae, common name the "barrel bubble snails", is a family of small sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks of the informal group Lower Heterobranchia. [1]
The shell is usually smaller than 25 mm. [2] The shell of these sand-dwelling micromollusks is small, but it is large enough to house the retracted soft parts including the entire mantle.
The aperture is elongated. [2] The narrow shell aperture, which is ovate and pointed on the top, can be closed with a corneous operculum.
The thick shell is oviform to fusiform, with a short (sometimes sunken) conical apex. They have spiral sculpturing. The elongated aperture opens up from narrow at the posterior notch to enlarged at the base. The base of the columella has several characteristic plaits.
The radula has no central tooth, and there are five or six laterals on each side. The teeth are very similar in shape and size across the radula, which is specialised for a diet of polychaete worms.
The eggs are enclosed in a long, gelatinous mass, which is attached to the substrate with a short stalk.
Acteonidae occur in warm seas in shallow and deep water. [2]
Animals predate polychaetes. [2]
Genera within the family Acteonidae include:
Genus Acteon Montfort, 1810 - type genus
† Genus Acteonina d'Orbigny, 1850
Genus Bathyacteon Valdés, 2008
Genus Callostracon Repetto & Bianco, 2012
† Genus Colostracon Hamlin, 1884
Genus Crenilabium Cossmann, 1889
Genus Inopinodon Bouchet, 1975
Genus Japonactaeon Taki, 1956
Genus Lanayrella Salvador & C. Cunha, 2020
Genus Liocarenus Harris & Burrows, 1891
Genus Lissacteon Monterosato, 1890
Genus Maxacteon Rudman, 1971
Genus Mysouffa Marcus, 1974
Genus Neactaeonina Thiele, 1912
Genus Ongleya Finlay & Marwick, 1937
Genus Ovulacteon Dall, 1889
Genus Pseudacteon Thiele, 1925. There is also a homonym genus Pseudacteon Coquillett, 1907, arthropods in the family Phoridae [3]
Genus Punctacteon Kuroda & Habe, 1961
Genus Pupa Röding, 1798:
Genus Rapturella Salvador & C. Cunha, 2016
Genus TenuiacteonAldrich, 1921
Genus TomlinulaStrand, 1932
† Genus Volvaria Lamarck, 1801
Conidae, with the current common name of "cone snails", is a taxonomic family of predatory sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the superfamily Conoidea.
Bulla is a genus of medium to large hermaphrodite sea snails, shelled marine opisthobranch gastropod molluscs. These herbivorous snails are in the suborder Cephalaspidea, headshield slugs, and the order Opisthobranchia.
Haminoeidae, commonly known as the haminoeid bubble snail family, is a taxonomic family of sea snails, marine opisthobranch gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Haminoeoidea.
Rapaninae is a subfamily of predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Muricidae.
Turbinidae, the turban snails, are a family of small to large marine gastropod molluscs in the superfamily Trochoidea.
The Buccinidae are a very large and diverse taxonomic family of large sea snails, often known as whelks or true whelks.
Wentletraps are small, often white, very high-spired, predatory or ectoparasitic sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Epitoniidae.
Epitonium is a genus of small predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks. Epitonium is the type genus of the family Epitoniidae, the wentletraps.
The Nassariidae, Nassa mud snails (USA), or dog whelks (UK), are a taxonomic family of small to medium-sized sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the clade Neogastropoda.
The Columbellidae, the dove snails or dove shells, are a family of minute to small sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the order Neogastropoda.
Cancellariidae, common name the nutmeg snails or nutmeg shells, are a family of small to medium-large sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the clade Neogastropoda. Some of the shells of the species in this family resemble a nutmeg seed.
Fasciolariidae is a family of small to large sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Buccinoidea. Species in Fasciolariidae are commonly known as tulip snails and spindle snails.
Pupa is a genus of small sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Acteonidae.
Acteon is a genus of small sea snails, predatory marine gastropod mollusks in the family Acteonidae, the barrel bubble snails.
Rictaxis is a genus of minute sea snails or "bubble snails", marine gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the family Acteonidae, the "barrel bubble" snails.
Maxacteon is a genus of small predatory sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Acteonidae, the barrel bubble snails.
Japonactaeon is a genus of small predatory sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Acteonidae, the barrel bubble snails.
Turridae is a taxonomic family name for a number of predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Conoidea.
Acteon lacunatus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Acteonidae.
Acteon particolor is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Acteonidae.
