Japonactaeon punctostriatus

Japonactaeon punctostriatus
shell of Japonactaeon punctostriatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Heterobranchia
informal group Lower Heterobranchia
Superfamily: Acteonoidea
Family: Acteonidae
Genus: Japonactaeon
Species: J. punctostriatus
Binomial name
Japonactaeon punctostriatus
(C. B. Adams, 1840)
Synonyms

Rictaxis punctostriatus (C. B. Adams, 1840)

Japonactaeon punctostriatus, common names Adam’s baby bubble and pitted baby-bubble, is a species of minute sea snail or "bubble snail", a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Acteonidae, the "barrel bubble" snails. [1]

Distribution

This species occurs in the Western Atlantic Ocean: Florida, Gulf of Mexico, Mexico, Caribbean Sea, Venezuela.

Shell description

This barrel bubble snail has an ovate white shell with shouldered whorls. The body whorl has 10 -14 slightly irregular spiral grooves. The columella is twisted. The aperture is ovate and is rounded above and below.

The shell length is 3 – 7.5 mm.

Ecology

Habitat

This snail is found in mud or sand from low tide to depths of up to 100 m.

Life cycle

The eggs are laid in a spiral string, enclosed in a mucus tube.

References

  1. Bouchet, P. (2011). Japonactaeon punctostriatus (C. B. Adams, 1840). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=420514 on 2011-12-14

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