Acteon pudicus

Acteon pudicus
	Drawing of a shell of Acteon pudicus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Superfamily:	Acteonoidea
Family:	Acteonidae
Genus:	Acteon
Species:	A. pudicus
Binomial name
	Acteon pudicus; A. Adams, 1855
Synonyms
	Actaeon pudicus A. Adams, 1855superseded combination; Pupa pudica (A. Adams, 1855);

Acteon pudicus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Acteonidae.^[1]

Description

The oval shell is subcylindrical, subumbilicate and solid. it is dull whitish, a little flesh tinted. The spire is a little elevated. The whorls are convex, transversely grooved, the grooves equal, punctate. The aperture is oblong. The columella is strongly uniplicate. ^[2]

Distribution

This marine species has a wide distribution and occurs off South Africa, the Philippines, Guam and in French Polynesia.

References

^ ^a ^b WoRMS. "Acteon pudicus A. Adams, 1855". 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.

External links

Adams, A. (1855). Monographs of Actaeon and Solidula, two genera or Gasteropodous Mollusca with Descriptions of several New Species from the Cumingian Collection. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. (1854) 22(1): 58-62

[WoRMS-1] WoRMS. "Acteon pudicus A. Adams, 1855". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 29 March 2024.

[2] 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.

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