Acteon tornatilis

Acteon tornatilis
Shells of Acteon tornatilis at the Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milano
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Heterobranchia
informal group Lower Heterobranchia
Superfamily: Acteonoidea
Family: Acteonidae
Genus: Acteon (gastropod)
Species: A. tornatilis
Binomial name
Acteon tornatilis
(Linné, 1758)
Synonyms
  • Actaeon tornatilis (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Acteon augustoi Nobre, 1932
  • Acteon candidulus Monterosato, 1923
  • Acteon semistriatus Glibert, 1952 (dubious synonym)
  • Acteon subulatus Wood S., 1848
  • Acteon tornatilis var. ancilla Monterosato, 1917
  • Acteon tornatilis var. bullaeformis Jeffreys, 1867
  • Acteon tornatilis var. bulliaeformis Jeffreys, 1867
  • Bulla tornatilis Linnaeus, 1758 (original combination)
  • Pseudactaeon luteofasciatus (Mühlfeldt, 1829)
  • Tornatella fasciata Lamarck, 1816
  • Tornatella pellucida MacGillivray, 1843
  • Turbo ovalis da Costa, 1778
  • Voluta bifasciata Gmelin, 1791
  • Voluta luteofasciata Megerle von Mühlfeld, 1824 (dubious synonym)
  • Voluta tornatilis Linnaeus, 1758

Acteon tornatilis, common name the "lathe acteon", is a species of medium-sized sea snail, a predatory marine gastropod mollusc in the family Acteonidae, the barrel bubble snails.[1]

Description

Acteon tornatilis has a shell reaching a length of 10–25 centimetres (3.9–9.8 in). The body size reaches 30 centimetres (12 in). This sea snail is the major representative of the Acteonidae in European waters. The basic colour of the shells is pink or pale brown with white bands. The shell is thick, glossy and ridged transversely, with 6-7 large whorls, filled with alternating wider light brown spiral bands and smaller pinkish stripes. The outer lip is white. The shell is elongate and ovate with a sharp apex. The aperture is narrow at the posterior notch but wider at the base. The columella is slightly thickened and twisted.

Distribution

This sea snail is present in Iceland, Faroes, Shetland, Norway, British coasts, Norway to Congo, Atlantic coasts of France to the Mediterranean and Marmara Sea.

This is the major representative of the Acteonidae in European waters.

Habitat

This species lives buried in the sand, in the intertidal zone and to a depth of up to 250 m

References

  1. Gofas, S. (2014). Acteon tornatilis (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138691 on 2014-12-12

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