Acteon monterosatoi | |
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Shell of Acteon monterosatoi (specimen at the Natural History Museum, Rotterdam) | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
Superfamily: | Acteonoidea |
Family: | Acteonidae |
Genus: | Acteon |
Species: | A. monterosatoi
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Binomial name | |
Acteon monterosatoi Dautzenberg, 1889
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Synonyms [1] | |
Actaeon monterosatoi Dautzenberg, 1889 |
Acteon monterosatoi is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Acteonidae. [1]
The length of the shell varies between 2 mm and 6 mm.
The broad shell is ovate-elongated. The spire is conoid. The shell contains five convex whorls. They are transversely sculptured throughout with punctate striae. The body whorl is obese. The aperture is pear-shaped. The columella is straight, hardly folded. The outer lip is arcuate. The color of the shell is dull white. [2]
This marine species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off Portugal, the Azores and Cape Verde; in the Mediterranean Sea off Spain, Italy and Morocco.