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Acteon virgatus

Acteon virgatus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Acteonidae.

Description

The shell is stoutly ovate. It is transversely finely linearly grooved throughout. It is ivory-white, conspicuously obliquely streaked with black. The spire is short, rather obtuse. The apex is sharp. The columella is one-plaited.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Japan, Oman and the Philippines.

References

  • Higo, S., Callomon, P. & Goto, Y. (1999) Catalogue and Bibliography of the Marine Shell-Bearing Mollusca of Japan. Elle Scientific Publications, Yao, Japan, 749 pp.
  • Chaban E.M. (2016). Heterobranch mollusks of the orders Acteonoidea and Cephalaspidea (Gastropoda: Heterobranchia) of Vietnam: annotated check-list with illustrations of some species. In: A. V. Adrianov & K. A. Lutaenko (eds), Biodiversity of the western part of the South China Sea: 415–448. Vladivostok, Dalnauka
  • Poppe G. (2010) Philippine marine mollusks volume 3. 665 pp., pls 708–1014. Hackenheim: Conchbooks.
  • Poppe, G. T. & Tagaro, S. P. (2023). The Acteonidae of the Philippines. A short study with the description of newly discovered species. Visaya. 5(6): 13–37.

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