Acteon (gastropod)
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia informal group Lower Heterobranchia |
| Superfamily: | Acteonoidea |
| Family: | Acteonidae |
| Genus: | Acteon Montfort, 1810 |
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Acteon is a genus of small sea snails, predatory marine gastropod mollusks in the family Acteonidae, the barrel bubble snails.
The genus is named after Acteon, a character in Greek mythology.
In the genus Acteon, the individual teeth of the radula are very small. There are many teeth in each row.
Species
According to the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), the following species with accepted names are included in the genus Acteon[1]
- Acteon antarcticus Thiele, 1912
- Acteon aphyodes Valdès, 2008
- Acteon archibenthicola Habe, 1955
- Acteon baracoensis Espinosa & Ortea, 2014
- Acteon biplicatus Strebel, 1908
- Acteon boteroi Valdès, 2008
- Acteon buccinus Valdès, 2008
- Acteon candens Rehder, 1939
- Acteon castus Hinds, 1844
- Acteon cebuanus Lan, 1985
- Acteon chauliodous Valdès, 2008
- Acteon chrystomatus Valdès, 2008
- Acteon cohibilis Valdès, 2008
- Acteon comptus Valdès, 2008
- Acteon danaida Dall, 1881
- Acteon delicatus Dall, 1889
- Acteon dolichoroseus Iredale, 1936
- Acteon editus Valdès, 2008
- Acteon elongatus Castellanos, Rolán & Bartolotta, 1987
- Acteon exiguus Mörch, 1875
- Acteon finlayi Stearns, 1898
- Acteon fortis Thiele, 1925
- Acteon fructuosus Iredale, 1936
- Acteon hebes A. E. Verrill, 1885
- Acteon herosae Valdès, 2008
- Acteon incisus Dall, 1881
- Acteon ionfasciatus Valdès, 2008
- Acteon juvenis Dall, 1927
- Acteon lacunatus Dall, 1927
- Acteon laetus Thiele, 1925
- Acteon loyautensis Valdès, 2008
- Acteon maltzani Dautzenberg, 1910
- Acteon melampoides Dall, 1881
- Acteon mirim Cunha, 2011
- Acteon monterosatoi Dautzenberg, 1889
- Acteon nakayamai Habe, 1952
- Acteon osexiguus Valdès, 2008
- Acteon panamensis Dall, 1908
- Acteon parallelus Dall, 1927
- Acteon particolor Dall, 1927
- Acteon pelecais Marcus, 1972
- Acteon perforatus Dall, 1881
- Acteon profundus Valdès, 2008
- Acteon pudicus (A. Adams), 1854
- Acteon retusus Verco, 1907
- Acteon rhektos Valdès, 2008
- Acteon ringiculoides Valdès, 2008
- Acteon semicingulatus Dall, 1927
- Acteon semisculptus E. A. Smith, 1890
- Acteon senegalensis (Petit de la Saussaye, 1851)
- Acteon soyoae Habe, 1961
- Acteon splendidulus Mörch, 1875
- Acteon subincisus Okutani, 1968
- Acteon subroseus Iredale, 1936
- Acteon tornatilis (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Acteon teramachii Habe, 1950
- Acteon traskii Stearns, 1898
- Acteon venustus d'Orbigny, 1840
- Acteon virgatus (Reeve, 1842)
- Acteon yamamurae Habe, 1976
- Taxa inquerenda
- Acteon cumningi A. Adams, 1855
- Acteon mariae A. Adams, 1855
- Acteon modestus A. Adams, 1855
- Species brought into synonymy
- Acteon albus Sowerby, 1874: synonym of Rictaxis albus (Sowerby III, 1874)
- Acteon amabilis Watson, 1886: synonym of Colostracon amabile (Watson, 1886)
- Acteon austrinus Watson, 1881: synonym of Leucotina casta (A. Adams, 1853)
- Acteon candidulus Monterosato, 1923: synonym of Acteon tornatilis (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Acteon chariis Watson, 1886: synonym of Callostracon chariis (Watson, 1886)
- Acteon cratericulatus Hedley, 1906: synonym of Maxacteon cratericulatus (Hedley, 1906)
- Acteon dianae A. Adams, 1855: synonym of Leucotina casta (A. Adams, 1853)
- Acteon eloisae [sic]: synonym of Acteon eloiseae Abbott, 1973
- Acteon eloiseae Abbott, 1973; synonym of Punctacteon eloiseae (Abbott, 1973)
- Acteon fabreanus Crosse, 1873: synonym of Maxacteon fabreanus (Crosse, 1874)
- Acteon flammea (Gmelin, 1791): synonym of Maxacteon flammeus (Bruguière, 1789)
- Acteon flammeus (Bruguière, 1789): synonym of Maxacteon flammeus (Bruguière, 1789)
- Acteon huttoni Cossmann, 1895: synonym of Leucotina casta (A. Adams, 1853)
- Acteon kirai Habe, 1949: synonym of Punctacteon kirai (Habe, 1949)
- Acteon liostracoides Dall, 1927: synonym of Crenilabium exile (Jeffreys, 1870)
- Acteon nipponensis Yamakawa, 1911: synonym of Japonactaeon nipponensis (Yamakawa, 1911)
- Acteon pilsbryi Cossmann, 1902: synonym of Pupa affinis (A. Adams, 1855)
- Acteon praestitus Finlay, 1924: synonym of Leucotina casta (A. Adams, 1853)
- Acteon propius Dall, 1927: synonym of Crenilabium exile (Jeffreys, 1870)
- Acteon punctocaelatus(Carpenter, 1864) : synonym of Rictaxis punctocaelatus) Carpenter, 1864
- Acteon punctostriatus (C. B. Adams, 1840): synonym of Japonactaeon punctostriatus (C. B. Adams, 1840)
- Actaeon senegalensis von Maltzan, 1885 : synonym of Acteon maltzani Dautzenberg, 1910
- Acteon sieboldii (Reeve 1842): synonym of Japonactaeon sieboldii (Reeve, 1842)
- Acteon torrei Aguayo & Rehder, 1936: synonym of Bullina torrei (Aguayo & Rehder, 1936)
- Acteon vagabundus Mabille & de Rochebrune, 1885: synonym of Toledonia vagabunda (Mabille, 1885)
- Acteon variegatus (Bruguiere, 1789): synonym of Punctacteon variegatus (Bruguière, 1789)
The Indo-Pacific molluscan Database also includes the following species:
- Acteon aethiopicus Martens, 1902
- Acteon edentulus Watson, 1883
- Acteon lactuca
- Acteon minutus
- Acteon pulchrior Melvill, 1904
- Acteon roseus Hedley, 1906
- Acteon secale Gould, 1859
The Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) also includes the following species:[2]
- Acteon pusillus (Forbes, 1844)
- Acteon aethiopicus Martens, E.C. von, 1902
- Acteon antarcticus Thiele, 1912
- Distribution : subantarctic
- Length : 6.6 mm
- Description : found at depths of 120 to 340 m
- Acteon archibenthicola Habe, 1955
- Distribution : Indo-Pacific
- Acteon biplicatus Strebel, 1908
- Distribution : subantarctic, Argentina, Falkland Islands, Tierra del Fuego
- Length : 4.4 mm
- Description : found at depths of 16 to 150 m
- Acteon candens Rehder, 1939 Rehder’s baby bubble
- Distribution : Caribbean, Gulf of Mexico, North Carolina, Florida, Western Atlantic Ocean.
- Length ; 10 mm
- Description : found at depths of 10 to 20 m; glossy white shell with five whorls; body whorl contains at the base three brown spiraling bands; the top of each whorl has a narrow brown band.
- Acteon castus Hinds, 1844
- Distribution : West America
- Acteon cumingii Adams, 1854 (taxon inquerendum)
- Distribution : Brazil, Florida
- Length : 10–20 mm
- Description : found at depths of 10 to 360 m; lightbrown shell with a large first whorl; each whorl with many spiral windings.; outer lip notched.
- Acteon danaida Dall, 1881
- Distribution : Georgia, Caribbean, NE Brazil
- Length : 11 mm
- Description :.found at depths of 370 to 620 m; white translucent shell with five whorls.
- Acteon delicatus Dall, 1889
- Distribution :Florida, Caribbean, Gulf of Mexico.
- Length : 10 mm
- Description : found at depths of 135 to 565 m
- Acteon dolichoroseus Iredale, 1936
- Distribution : Indo-Pacific
- Acteon edentulus Watson, 1883
- Distribution : Indo-Pacific
- Acteon elongatus Castellanos, Rolán & Bartolotta, 1987
- Distribution : Argentina
- Length : 8.5 mm
- Description : found at depths of 150 to 600 m
- Acteon exiguus Mörch, 1875
- Distribution : Venezuela, Surinam.
- Length : 6.5 mm
- Description : found at depths of 14 to 18 m
- Acteon finlayi McGinty, 1955
- Distribution : Florida, Caribbean
- Length : 12 mm
- Description : found at depths up to 360 m
- Acteon fortis Thiele, 1925
- Distribution : Indo-Pacific
- Acteon hebes A. E. Verrill, 1885
- Distribution : Georgia, North Carolina.
- Length : 8 mm
- Description : deepsea species; found at depths of 800 to 4700 m
- Acteon incisus Dall, 1881
- Distribution : Georgia, Mexico, Cuba
- Length : 10 mm
- Description : found at depths of 30 to 1170 m
- Acteon juvenis Dall, 1927
- Distribution : Georgia
- Length : 3 mm
- Description : found at depths of over 500 m
- Acteon lacunatus Dall, 1927
- Distribution : Georgia
- Length : 3 mm
- Description : found at depths of 800 m
- Acteon mariae A. Adams, 1855 (taxon inquerendum)
- Distribution : Indo-Pacific
- Acteon melampoides Dall, 1881
- Distribution : Virginia, Florida, Caribbean
- Length : 9.6 mm
- Description : deepsea species; found at depths of 400 to 4700 m
- Acteon minutus (author unknown)
- Distribution : Indo-Pacific
- Acteon monterosatoi Dautzenberg, 1889
- Distribution : Europe, Mediterranean, Azores
- Acteon nakayamai Habe, 1952
- Distribution : Japan
- Acteon ovulum (Pfeiffer, 1840)
- Distribution : Cuba
- Length : 3.6 mm
- Description :
- Acteon panamensis Dall, 1908
- Distribution : Panama
- Acteon parallelus Dall, 1927
- Distribution : Georgia
- Length : 3 mm
- Description : found at depths of 530 to 800 m
- Acteon particolor Dall, 1927
- Distribution : Georgia
- Length : 3.5 mm
- Description : found at depths of 800 m
- Acteon pelecais Marcus, 1972
- Distribution : Brazil
- Length : 9.5 mm
- Description : found at depths to 85 m
- Acteon perforatus Dall, 1881
- Distribution : Mexico, Cuba
- Length : 14 mm
- Description : found at depths of 330 to 1450 m
- Acteon proprius Dall, 1927
- Distribution : America, Georgia.
- Length : 4.3 mm
- Acteon pudicus Adams, 1854
- Distribution : Indo-Pacific
- Acteon pulchrior Melvill, 1904
- Distribution : Indo-Pacific
- Acteon retusus Verco, 1907
- Distribution : Australia
- Acteon roseus Hedley, 1906
- Distribution : Indo-Pacific
- Acteon semicingulatus Dall, 1927
- Distribution : Georgia
- Length : 3 mm
- Description : found at depths of 500 m
- Acteon semisculptus E. A. Smith, 1890
- Distribution : Eastern Atlantic, St. Helena
- Length : 4 mm
- Acteon senegalensis Petit de la Saussaye
- Distribution : West Africa
- Acteon soyoae Habe, 1961
- Distribution : Indo-Pacific
- Acteon splendidulus Mörch, 1875
- Distribution : Caribbean
- Length : 4.8 mm
- Acteon subincisus Okutani, 1968
- Distribution : Indo-Pacific
- Acteon subroseus Iredale, 1936
- Distribution : Indo-Pacific
- Acteon teramachii Habe, 1950
- Distribution : Indo-Pacific
- Acteon tornatilis Linnaeus, 1767 Lathe acteon
- Acteon traskii Stearns, 1897
- Distribution : California, Panama
- Length : 18 mm
- Acteon venustus d'Orbigny, 1840
- Distribution : West America
- Acteon virgatus (= Punctacteon virgatus) Reeve, 1842 Striped acteon
- Distribution : SW Pacific
- Length : 25 mm
- Description : cream-colored convex shell with five whorls with many spiral grooves; transversely decorated with wavy darkbrown bands,.
References
- Vaught, K.C. (1989). A classification of the living Mollusca. American Malacologists: Melbourne, FL (USA). ISBN 0-915826-22-4. XII, 195 pp.
- Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180–213
- Spencer, H.; Marshall. B. (2009). All Mollusca except Opisthobranchia. In: Gordon, D. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand Inventory of Biodiversity. Volume One: Kingdom Animalia. 584 pp [
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