Japonactaeon
Japonactaeon suturalis (Adams, 1855)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Subterclass: Acteonimorpha
Superfamily: Acteonoidea
Family: Acteonidae
Genus: Japonactaeon
Taki, 1956
Type species
Acteon nipponensis Yamakawa, 1911
Synonyms[1]

Japonacteon [sic] (misspelling)

Japonactaeon is a genus of small predatory sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Acteonidae, the barrel bubble snails.[1]

Species

Species within the genus Japonactaeon include:

  • Japonactaeon longissimus Valdés, 2008
  • Japonactaeon nipponensis (Yamakawa, 1911) (synonym: Acteon nipponensis Yamakawa, 1911)
    • Distribution : Japan, Korea
    • Length : 10 mm
  • Japonactaeon punctostriatus (C. B. Adams, 1840)
  • Japonactaeon pusillus (MacGillivray, 1843)
    • Distribution : Florida, Japan, Mediterranean
    • Length : 11 mm
    • Description : found at depths of 200 to 820 m
  • Japonactaeon sieboldii (Reeve, 1842)
    • Distribution : Japan, Coral Sea, Philippines
    • Length : 10 mm
    • Description: found on sandy bottoms; whitish shell; first whorl with lighbrown color bordered with darker brown bands.
Species brought into synonymy
  • Japonactaeon suturalis (A. Adams, 1855); synonym of Pupa suturalis (A. Adams, 1855)

References

  1. 1 2 Bouchet, P. (2012). Japonactaeon. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=415521 on 2012-06-04
  • Taki I. (1956). Japonactaeon, a new genus of Pupidae (Opisthobranchia, Gastropoda). Bulletin of the National Science Museum, Tokyo, N. S. 3(1): 47-51


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