Acteocina is a genus of very small sea snails, bubble snails, marine opisthobranch gastropod mollusks in the family Tornatinidae, the canoe bubbles or chalice bubble snails.[1]

Acteocina
Acteocina culcitella shells
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Cephalaspidea
Superfamily: Bulloidea
Family: Tornatinidae
Genus: Acteocina
J. E. Gray, 1847
Type species
Acteon wetherelli I. Lea, 1833
Synonyms
  • Actaeocina [sic] (misspelling)
  • Acteocina (Acteocina) J.E. Gray, 1847
  • Bulla (Tornatina) A. Adams, 1850
  • Didontoglossa Annandale, 1924
  • Tornataiha [sic]
  • Tornatina A. Adams, 1850
  • Utriculastra Thiele, 1925
  • Utriculastra (Tornastra) Ev. Marcus, 1977
  • Utriculastra (Utriculastra) Thiele, 1925

Species edit

Species within the genus Acteocina include:[1]

Species brought into synonymy

References edit

  1. ^ a b Bouchet, Philippe; Rosenberg, Gary; Gofas, Serge (2015-05-22). "Acteocina J. E. Gray, 1847". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2018-02-18.
  • Gosliner T.M. (1979) A review of the systematics of Cylichnella Gabb (Opisthobranchia: Scaphandridae). The Nautilus 93(2-3): 85-92
  • Vaught, K.C. (1989). A classification of the living Mollusca. American Malacologists: Melbourne, FL (USA). ISBN 0-915826-22-4. XII, 195 pp.
  • Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180–213

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