Japonactaeon punctostriatus
| Japonactaeon punctostriatus | |
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| shell of Japonactaeon punctostriatus | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia informal group Lower Heterobranchia |
| Superfamily: | Acteonoidea |
| Family: | Acteonidae |
| Genus: | Japonactaeon |
| Species: | J. punctostriatus |
| Binomial name | |
| Japonactaeon punctostriatus (C. B. Adams, 1840) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Rictaxis punctostriatus (C. B. Adams, 1840) | |
Japonactaeon punctostriatus, common names Adam’s baby bubble and pitted baby-bubble, is a species of minute sea snail or "bubble snail", a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Acteonidae, the "barrel bubble" snails. [1]
Distribution
This species occurs in the Western Atlantic Ocean: Florida, Gulf of Mexico, Mexico, Caribbean Sea, Venezuela.
Shell description
This barrel bubble snail has an ovate white shell with shouldered whorls. The body whorl has 10 -14 slightly irregular spiral grooves. The columella is twisted. The aperture is ovate and is rounded above and below.
The shell length is 3 – 7.5 mm.
Ecology
Habitat
This snail is found in mud or sand from low tide to depths of up to 100 m.
Life cycle
The eggs are laid in a spiral string, enclosed in a mucus tube.
References
- ↑ Bouchet, P. (2011). Japonactaeon punctostriatus (C. B. Adams, 1840). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=420514 on 2011-12-14