Acteon maltzani
Appearance
Acteon maltzani | |
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Shell of Acteon maltzani (specimen at the Natural History Museum, Rotterdam) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Superfamily: | Acteonoidea |
Family: | Acteonidae |
Genus: | Acteon |
Species: | A. maltzani
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Binomial name | |
Acteon maltzani Dautzenberg, 1910
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Synonyms[1] | |
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Acteon maltzani is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Acteonidae.[1]
Description
[edit]The length of the shell varies between 2.5 mm and 6 mm.
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Distribution
[edit]This marine species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off West Africa (Senegal), the Canary Islands and Cape Verde.
References
[edit]- ^ a b WoRMS. "Acteon maltzani Dautzenberg, 1910". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 27 March 2024.
- Rolán E. (2005). Malacological Fauna From The Cape Verde Archipelago. Part 1, Polyplacophora and Gastropoda. ConchBooks. Hackenheim. ISBN 3-325319-73-2. 455 pp.
- Ortea J. & Moro L. (2018). Nuevas citas y nuevos datos sobre las lesmas do mar (Mollusca: Gastropoda) de las islas de Cabo Verde (II). Avicennia. 22: 49–58.