Acteon Montfort 1810

Genus Acteon Montfort, 1810 sensu lato Remarks. The columella has one fold in the genus Acteon sensu lato, whereas it has two folds in the genus Pupa (Willan & Tagaro in Poppe 2010). Acteon sensu lato is subdivided further based on the radular teeth, but the study of radular teeth is impossible...

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Main Author: Helwerda, Renate A.
Format: Other/Unknown Material
Language:unknown
Published: Zenodo 2015
Subjects:
Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Mollusca
Gastropoda
Cephalaspidea
Acteonidae
Acteon
North Atlantic
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6116499
http://treatment.plazi.org/id/03FA878C9515FE4FFF26E5EC0791CB7E
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Summary:Genus Acteon Montfort, 1810 sensu lato Remarks. The columella has one fold in the genus Acteon sensu lato, whereas it has two folds in the genus Pupa (Willan & Tagaro in Poppe 2010). Acteon sensu lato is subdivided further based on the radular teeth, but the study of radular teeth is impossible in fossil material, so Acteon sensu lato is used here. Type species. Voluta tornatilis Linnaeus, 1758 (by original designation); Recent, north Atlantic. Published as part of Helwerda, Renate A., 2015, Acteonidae, Bullinidae and Ringiculidae (Gastropoda: Heterobranchia) from the Plio-Pleistocene of the Philippines, pp. 197-220 in Zootaxa 3990 (2) on page 202, DOI:10.11646/zootaxa.3990.2.2, http://zenodo.org/record/242947

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