Acteon incisus Dall, 1881
Original picture at Smithsonian Institution Department of Invertebrate Zoology
Taxonomy
Superdomain | Biota | |
Kingdom | Animalia | |
Phylum | Mollusca | |
Class | Gastropoda | |
Subclass | Heterobranchia | |
Infraclass | Euthyneura | |
Subterclass | Acteonimorpha | |
Superfamily | Acteonoidea | |
Family | Acteonidae | |
Genus | Acteon | |
Species | Acteon incisus Dall, 1881 | |
| Classification according to Bouchet et al. (2017) Taxonomic source: World Register of Marine Species (AphiaID: 420512). | ||
Biology
Etymology
- Acteon is the name of a mythological character who saw goddess Artemis bathing in a stream. As punishment, the goddess transformed him into a deer that was devoured by his own dogs.
- Incisus. From Latin “incisus”, break off, cut into, cut open, inscribed, engraved inscription.
Distribution
| Sources: | |
 : OBIS : GROC 2010-2011 : Enric Madrenas : João Pedro Silva : Bernard Picton : GBIF.ORG |  : OPK : VIMAR : Manuel Ballesteros. : M@re Nostrum : Altres fonts : Marine Regions |
Abundance
| Western Mediterranean: | ☆☆☆☆☆ |
| Eastern Mediterranean: | ☆☆☆☆☆ |
| Atlantic Ocean: | ☆☆☆☆☆ |
More pictures
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Bibliography
Ballesteros M, Madrenas E, Pontes M. 2025. OPK - Opistobranquis. Available from https://opistobranquis.info/.
Cervera JL, Calado G, Gavaia C, et al. 2004. An annotated and updated checklist of the opisthobranchs (Mollusca: Gastropoda) from Spain and Portugal (including islands and archipelagos). Boletín Instituto Español de Oceanografía, 20 (1-4): 1-111. L.
Dall WH. 1881. Reports on the results of dredging, under the supervision of Alexander Agassiz, in the Gulf of Mexico, and the Caribbean Sea (1877-79), by the United States Coast Survey Steamer “Blake”. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 9: 33-144.
Dautzenberg P, Fischer H. 1896. Campagnes scientifiques de S A le Prince Albert Ier de Monaco; Dragages effectués par l’Hirondelle et par la Princesse-Alice, 1888-1895. Mémoires de la Société Zoologique de France IX: 395-498; pls. XV-XXII.
Long SJ. 2006. Bibliography of Opisthobranchia 1554-2000. Bayside Books & Press, Tustin, CA, U.S.A. 672p.
Malaquias MAE. 2001. Updated and annotated checklist of the opisthobranch molluscs (excluding Thecosomata and Gymnosomata), from the Azores archipelago (North Atlantic Ocean, Portugal). Iberus 19 (1): 37-48.
McDonald G. 2009. Bibliographia Nudibranchia. 2nd Online Edition, Annotated. 1072 pp Institute of Marine Sciences, University of California, Santa Cruz. Available from http://escholarship.org/uc/item/8115h0wz.
Mikkelsen PM. 1995. Cephalaspid opisthobranchs of the Azores. Açoreana, supplement: 193-215.
WoRMS Editorial Board. 2025. World Register of Marine Species. WoRMS. Available from http://www.marinespecies.org.
Further reading
Cite this article as:
Ballesteros, M., Madrenas, E. & Pontes, M. (2012-2025) "Acteon incisus" in OPK-Opistobranquis. Published: 17/05/2015. Accessed: 03/02/2025. Available at (https://opistobranquis.info/en/?p=19682)
