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

Acteon laetus
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Superfamily: Acteonoidea
Family: Acteonidae
Genus: Acteon
Species:
A. laetus
Binomial name
Acteon laetus
Thiele, 1925
Synonyms[1]

Actaeon laetus Thiele, 1925 (incorrect spelling of genus name)

Status

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The name of this species is temporarily accepted as an unreplaced junior homonym (secondary junior homonym of Acteon laetus (Deshayes, 1862) ) [1]

Distribution

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This marine species occurs in the Zanzibar Channel; also off New Caledonia and Wallis and Futuna.[2]

References

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  1. ^ a b c WoRMS. "Acteon laetus Thiele, 1925". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 23 March 2024.
  2. ^ "Search". gbif.org. Retrieved 24 March 2024.
  • Thiele, J. (1925). Gastropoden der Deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition. II Teil. Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der Deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition auf dem Dampfer "Valdivia" 1898–1899. 17(2): 35-382, pls 13–46
  • Valdés, Á. (2008). Deep-sea "cephalaspidean" heterobranchs (Gastropoda) from the tropical southwest Pacific. In: Héros, V. et al. (eds) Tropical Deep-Sea Benthos 25. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle. 196: 587–792.