Acteon fasuloi

Acteon fasuloi is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Acteonidae.^[1]

Acteon fasuloi
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Superfamily:	Acteonoidea
Family:	Acteonidae
Genus:	Acteon
Species:	A. fasuloi
Binomial name
Acteon fasuloi Crocetta, Romani, Simone & Rolán, 2017
Synonyms[1]
Acteon elongatus Castellanos, Rolán & Bartolotta, 1987 (invalid: junior homonym of Acteon elongatus J. de C. Sowerby, 1824; A. fasuloi is a replacement name)

Description

The length of the shell attains 8.5 mm, its diameter 3.8 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Argentina.

References

1. WoRMS. "Acteon fasuloi Crocetta, Romani, Simone & Rolán, 2017". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 27 March 2024.

External links

• Romani L., Rolán E., Simone L.R.L. & Crocetta F. (2017). Emarginula poppeorum and Acteon fasuloi: replacement names for the preoccupied taxa Emarginula gigantea Poppe, 2008 and Acteon elongatus Castellanos, Rolán & Bartolotta, 1987 (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa. 4300(1): 149-150
• Castellanos, Z. J. A. de; Rolán, E.; Bartolotta, S. (1987). Nuevos micromoluscos de la plataforma inferior Argentina y talud superior (Moll. Gastropoda). Revista del Museo de La Plata Sección Zoología. 14 (156): 93-107