Taxon profile

genus

Acteocina Gray, 1847

kingdom Animalia - animals » phylum Mollusca - mollusks » class Gastropoda - gastropods » order Opistobranchia - opisthobranchs » family Tornatinidae

Scientific synonyms

incl. Tornatina A. Adams, 1850

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Description

*Zylindrisch-ovoid. Spira klein, treppenartig mit abgeflachten Umgängen. Mit gekipptem, heterostrophem Apex. Nähte rinnenförmig. Spindel konkav, oben mit (manchmal obsoleter) Falte. Spindellippe umgeschlagen. (F. Nordsieck)

*Shell cylindrical or fusiform, involute, covered with an epidermis; spire distinct, produced, apex mamillated, suture canaliculated; aperture narrow, linear; inner lip callous, furnished at the fore part with a single plait; outer lip straight, simple. (A. Adams.)

Source: Nordsieck, F., 1972. Die europäischen Meeresschnecken (Opisthobranchia mit Pyramidellidae; Rissoacea). Vom Eismeer bis Kapverden, Mittelmeer und Schwarzes Meer.

Shell cylindrical, with a conic or flattened spire, the apex projecting and mammillar, sinistral, tilted so that its axis lies at an angle of about 90 degrees with that of the shell. Suture channeled; aperture long, narrow above, dilated and rounded below; outer lip arched forward, retreating at the suture and base, columella with one spiral fold at its junction with the whorl.

Dall, W.H. & Simpson, C.T., 1901. The Mollusca of Porto Rico.

Author: Jan Delsing

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Included taxa

Number of records: 66

species Acteocina abyssicola T. Habe, 1947

species Acteocina acrobeles (Watson, 1883)

species Acteocina androyensis Bozzetti, 2009

species Acteocina angustior F. Baker & G. D. Hanna, 1927

species Acteocina apicina (Gould, 1859)

species Acteocina apiculata (Tate, 1879)

species Acteocina atrata Mikkelsen & Mikkelsen, 1984 - Blackback Barrel-bubble

species Acteocina avenaria (R.B. Watson, 1886)

species Acteocina bermudensis E. G. Vanatta, 1901

species Acteocina bidentata (d'Orbigny, 1841)

species Acteocina bullata (Kiener, 1834)

species Acteocina canaliculata (Say, 1826)

species Acteocina candei (d'Orbigny, 1842)

species Acteocina carinata P. P. Carpenter, 1857

species Acteocina cerealis (Gould, 1853)

species Acteocina culcitella (Gould, 1853)

species Acteocina decorata (Pilsbry, 1904)

species Acteocina decoratoides T. Habe, 1955

species Acteocina eburnea Verrill, 1885

species Acteocina eumicra (Crosse in Crosse & Fischer, 1865)

species Acteocina exilis (Dunker, 1860)

species Acteocina eximia W. Baird, 1863

species Acteocina exserta (Hedley, 1903)

species Acteocina fusiformis (Adams, 1850)

species Acteocina gordonis Yokoyama, 1927

species Acteocina gracilis A. Adams, 1850

species Acteocina hacketti (Cotton & Godfrey, 1933)

species Acteocina hadfieldi (Melvill & Standen, 1896)

species Acteocina harpa (W. H. Dall, 1871)

species Acteocina hofmani (Angas, 1877)

species Acteocina inconspicua (H. Adams, 1872)

species Acteocina inculta A. A. Gould & P. P. Carpenter, 1857

species Acteocina infrequens C. B. Adams, 1852

species Acteocina insignis H. A. Pilsbry, 1904

species Acteocina intermedia Willett, 1928

species Acteocina isselii (Pilsbry, 1893)

species Acteocina kesenensis Nomura & Hatai, 1935

species Acteocina kimberi (Cotton & Godfrey, 1933)

species Acteocina knockeri (E. A. Smith, 1871)

species Acteocina koyasuensis Yokoyama, 1927

species Acteocina kristenseni D. De Jong & H.E. Coomans, 1988

species Acteocina lepta Woodring, 1928

species Acteocina leptekes (Watson, 1883)

species Acteocina liratispira (E. A. Smith, 1872)

species Acteocina magdalenensis Dall, 1919

species Acteocina marginata T. Habe, 1971

species Acteocina mucronata (Philippi, 1849)

species Acteocina nanshaensis G.-Y. Lin, 1991

species Acteocina oldroydi W. H. Dall, 1925

species Acteocina olivaeformis (Issel, 1869)

species Acteocina orientalis G.-Y. Lin, 1983

species Acteocina oryza (Totten, 1835)

species Acteocina perplicata (W.H. Dall, 1889)

species Acteocina planata P.P. Carpenter, 1865

species Acteocina planospira A. Adams, 1850

species Acteocina pontica Grossu, 1986

species Acteocina protracta (Dautzenberg, 1889)

species Acteocina recta (d'Orbigny, 1841)

species Acteocina sandwicensis W. H. Pease, 1860

species Acteocina simplex A. Adams, 1850

species Acteocina smithi P. Bartsch, 1915

species Acteocina tohokuensis Nomura, 1939

species Acteocina townsendi (Melvill, 1898)

species Acteocina truncata C. B. Adams, 1842

species Acteocina truncatoides Nomura, 1939

species Acteocina wetherelli (I. Lea, 1833)

Links and literature

http://seashellsofnsw.org.au/Acteocinida...

Australian Faunal Directory [aa3954e8-9821-4140-9815-12c2d9afdf72]

ABRS (2009-2019): Australian Faunal Directory [https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/home], Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra [as Tornatina A. Adams, 1850]
Data retrieved on: 12 July 2015

The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera [1297020]

Rees, T. (compiler): The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera [https://www.irmng.org] [as Acteocina Gray, 1847]
Data retrieved on: 30 November 2019

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