Acteon (gastropod)
| Acteon (gastropod) | |
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| dorsal view of a live Acteon tornatilis | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
| Family: | Acteonidae |
| Genus: | Acteon Montfort, 1810 |
| Type species | |
| Bulla tornatilis Linnaeus, 1758 | |
| Synonyms | |
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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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