Acteon fructuosus
Appearance
Acteon fructuosus | |
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Shell of Acteon fructuosus (specimen at the Australian Museum) | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Superfamily: | Acteonoidea |
Family: | Acteonidae |
Genus: | Acteon |
Species: | A. fructuosus
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Binomial name | |
Acteon fructuosus Iredale, 1936
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Acteon fructuosus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Acteonidae.[1]
Description
[edit]The length of the shell attains 6 mm.
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Distribution
[edit]This marine species is endemic to Australia and occurs off New South Wales and Victoria at depths between 100 m and 150 m.
References
[edit]- ^ a b WoRMS. "Acteon fructuosus Iredale, 1936". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 27 March 2024.
External links
[edit]- Iredale, T. (1936). Australian molluscan notes, no. 2. Records of the Australian Museum. 19(5): 267-340, pls 20-24
- Burn, R. F. (2006). A checklist and bibliography of the Opisthobranchia (Mollusca: Gastropoda) of Victoria and the Bass Strait area, south-eastern Australia. Museum Victoria Science Reports. 10:1–42