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Japonactaeon pusillus

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Japonactaeon pusillus
Shell of Japonactaeon pusillus (specimen at the Natural History Museum, Rotterdam)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Superfamily: Acteonoidea
Family: Acteonidae
Genus: Japonactaeon
Species:
J. pusillus
Binomial name
Japonactaeon pusillus
(Forbes, 1844)
Synonyms[1]
  • Japonacteon pusillus [sic] (genus misspelling)
  • Tornatella pusilla Forbes, 1844

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

Description

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The length of the shell varies between 2 mm and 6 mm.

The ovate-globose shell is whitish. It contains four whorls. These are regularly and deeply punctate-striate. The aperture is oblong. [2]

Distribution

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This marine species has a wide distribution and occurs off Florida Keys, USA; West Indies; Madeira; Mediterranean Sea and Japan (found at depths of 200 to 820 m)

References

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  1. ^ a b WoRMS. "Japonactaeon pusillus (Forbes, 1844)". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 28 March 2024.
  2. ^ G.W. Tryon, (1893) - Manual of conchology, structural and systematic : with illustrations of the species ser;1 vol. 15; Philadelphia, Published by the Author, Academy of Natural Sciences, 1879-1898 Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
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