Acteon maltzani

Acteon maltzani
Shell of Acteon maltzani (specimen at the Natural History Museum, Rotterdam)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Superfamily: Acteonoidea
Family: Acteonidae
Genus: Acteon
Species:
A. maltzani
Binomial name
Acteon maltzani
Dautzenberg, 1910
Synonyms[1]
  • Actaeon maltzani Dautzenberg, 1910 (original combination)
  • Actaeon senegalensis Maltzan, 1885 (preoccupied by Actaeon senegalensis (Petit de la Saussaye, 1851) )

Acteon maltzani is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Acteonidae.[1]

Description

The length of the shell varies between 2.5 mm and 6 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off West Africa (Senegal), the Canary Islands and Cape Verde.

References

  1. ^ a b WoRMS. "Acteon maltzani Dautzenberg, 1910". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 27 March 2024.

Further reading

  • Rolán E. (2005). Malacological Fauna From The Cape Verde Archipelago. Part 1, Polyplacophora and Gastropoda. ConchBooks. Hackenheim. ISBN 978-3-325-31973-6. 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.
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