| Acteon virgatus | |
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| Shell of Acteon virgatus | |
Scientific classification
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
| Superfamily: | Acteonoidea |
| Family: | Acteonidae |
| Genus: | Acteon |
| Species: | A. virgatus
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| Binomial name | |
| Acteon virgatus (Reeve, 1842)
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| Synonyms [1] | |
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Tornatella virgata Reeve, 1842 (original combination) | |
Acteon virgatus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Acteonidae. [1]
Description
The shell is stoutly ovate. It is transversely finely linearly grooved throughout. It is ivory-white, conspicuously obliquely streaked with black. The spire is short, rather obtuse. The apex is sharp. The columella is one-plaited. [2]
Distribution
This marine species occurs off Japan, Oman and the Philippines.
References
- ^ a b WoRMS. "Acteon virgatus(Reeve, 1842)". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 29 March 2024.
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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
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the
public domain.
- Higo, S., Callomon, P. & Goto, Y. (1999) Catalogue and Bibliography of the Marine Shell-Bearing Mollusca of Japan. Elle Scientific Publications, Yao, Japan, 749 pp.
- Chaban E.M. (2016). Heterobranch mollusks of the orders Acteonoidea and Cephalaspidea (Gastropoda: Heterobranchia) of Vietnam: annotated check-list with illustrations of some species. In: A. V. Adrianov & K. A. Lutaenko (eds), Biodiversity of the western part of the South China Sea: 415–448. Vladivostok, Dalnauka
- Poppe G. (2010) Philippine marine mollusks volume 3. 665 pp., pls 708–1014. Hackenheim: Conchbooks.
- Poppe, G. T. & Tagaro, S. P. (2023). The Acteonidae of the Philippines. A short study with the description of newly discovered species. Visaya. 5(6): 13–37.
External links
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| Acteon virgatus | |
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|
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| Shell of Acteon virgatus | |
|
Scientific classification
| |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
| Superfamily: | Acteonoidea |
| Family: | Acteonidae |
| Genus: | Acteon |
| Species: | A. virgatus
|
| Binomial name | |
| Acteon virgatus (Reeve, 1842)
| |
| Synonyms [1] | |
|
Tornatella virgata Reeve, 1842 (original combination) | |
Acteon virgatus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Acteonidae. [1]
Description
The shell is stoutly ovate. It is transversely finely linearly grooved throughout. It is ivory-white, conspicuously obliquely streaked with black. The spire is short, rather obtuse. The apex is sharp. The columella is one-plaited. [2]
Distribution
This marine species occurs off Japan, Oman and the Philippines.
References
- ^ a b WoRMS. "Acteon virgatus(Reeve, 1842)". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 29 March 2024.
-
^
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 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the
public domain.
- Higo, S., Callomon, P. & Goto, Y. (1999) Catalogue and Bibliography of the Marine Shell-Bearing Mollusca of Japan. Elle Scientific Publications, Yao, Japan, 749 pp.
- Chaban E.M. (2016). Heterobranch mollusks of the orders Acteonoidea and Cephalaspidea (Gastropoda: Heterobranchia) of Vietnam: annotated check-list with illustrations of some species. In: A. V. Adrianov & K. A. Lutaenko (eds), Biodiversity of the western part of the South China Sea: 415–448. Vladivostok, Dalnauka
- Poppe G. (2010) Philippine marine mollusks volume 3. 665 pp., pls 708–1014. Hackenheim: Conchbooks.
- Poppe, G. T. & Tagaro, S. P. (2023). The Acteonidae of the Philippines. A short study with the description of newly discovered species. Visaya. 5(6): 13–37.
External links
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| This Heterobranchia-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |