Acteon tornatilis

Acteon tornatilis (Linnaeus, 1758)

• Acteon augustoi Nobre, 1932
• Acteon candidulus Monterosato, 1923
• Acteon semistriatus Glibert, 1952
• Acteon subulatus Wood S., 1848
• Acteon tornatilis var. ancilla Monterosato, 1917
• Acteon tornatilis var. bullaeformis Jeffreys, 1867
• Acteon tornatilis var. bulliaeformis Jeffreys, 1867
• Bulla tornatilis Linnaeus, 1758 (original)
• Pseudacteon luteofasciatus (Megerle von Mühlfeld, 1829)
• Tornatella fasciata Lamarck, 1816
• Tornatella pellucida MacGillivray, 1843
• Turbo ovalis da Costa, 1778
• Voluta bifasciata Gmelin, 1791
• Voluta luteofasciata Megerle von Mühlfeld, 1824
• Voluta tornatilis Linnaeus, 1758

Description

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.
• Tornatilis, Latin word meaning “made on a lathe” or “rolled”.

Distribution

Known georeferenced records of the species: Acteon tornatilis

Sources:
OBIS GROC 2010-2011 Enric Madrenas João Pedro Silva Bernard Picton GBIF	OPK VIMAR Manuel Ballesteros M@re Nostrum Altres fonts Marine Regions

More pictures

Acteon tornatilis

Acteon tornatilis by Manuel Ballesteros

Acteon tornatilis @ Malta by Constantino Mifsud

Acteon tornatilis @ France by Pascal Girard

Bibliography

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Bibliography based on the works by Steve Long, 2006. Bibliography of Opisthobranchia 1554-2000 and Gary McDonald, 2009. Bibliographia Nudibranchia, with later updates from other resources.

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