Acteon (gastropod)

Acteon (gastropod)
dorsal view of a live Acteon tornatilis
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Family: Acteonidae
Genus: Acteon
Montfort, 1810
Type species
Bulla tornatilis Linnaeus, 1758
Synonyms
  • Actaeon Ersch & Gruber, 1818 (unjustified emendation)
  • Acteon (Semiactaeon) Cossmann, 1889 †· accepted, alternate representation
  • Speo Risso, 1826
  • Tornatella Lamarck, 1816

Acteon is a genus of small sea snails, predatory marine gastropod mollusks in the family Acteonidae, the barrel bubble snails.

The genus is named after Acteon, a character in Greek mythology.

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