Japonactaeon is a genus of small predatory sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Acteonidae, the barrel bubble snails.
Species
Species within the genus Japonactaeon include:
- Japonactaeon isabella <small>(Poppe, Tagaro & Goto, 2018)</small>
- Japonactaeon longissimus <small>Valdés, 2008</small>
- Japonactaeon nipponensis <small>(Yamakawa, 1911)</small> (synonym: Acteon nipponensis <small>Yamakawa, 1911</small>)
- Distribution : Japan, Korea
- Length : 10 mm
- Japonactaeon punctostriatus <small>(C. B. Adams, 1840)</small>
- Japonactaeon pusillus <small>(MacGillivray, 1843)</small>
- Distribution : Florida, Japan, Mediterranean
- Length : 11 mm
- Description : found at depths of 200 to 820 m
- Japonactaeon sieboldii <small>(Reeve, 1842)</small>
- Distribution : Japan, Coral Sea, Philippines
- Length : 10 mm
- Description: found on sandy bottoms; whitish shell; first whorl with lighbrown color bordered with darker brown bands.
Species brought into synonymy:
- Japonactaeon suturalis <small>(A. Adams, 1855)</small>; synonym of Pupa suturalis <small>(A. Adams, 1855)</small>
References
- Taki I. (1956). Japonactaeon, a new genus of Pupidae (Opisthobranchia, Gastropoda). Bulletin of the National Science Museum, Tokyo, N. S. 3(1): 47-51