Japonactaeon punctostriatus

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
	Actaeon punctostriatus (C. B. Adams, 1840); 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. The maximum recorded shell length is 7.5 mm.[2]

Ecology

Habitat

Minimum recorded depth is 0 m.[2] Maximum recorded depth is 110 m.[2] This snail is found in mud or sand.

Life cycle

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

References

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
Welch J. J. (2010). "The “Island Rule” and Deep-Sea Gastropods: Re-Examining the Evidence". PLoS ONE 5(1): e8776. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0008776.

External links

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[WoRMS-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

[Welch_2010-2] Welch J. J. (2010). "The “Island Rule” and Deep-Sea Gastropods: Re-Examining the Evidence". PLoS ONE 5(1): e8776. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0008776.