Acteon pudicus

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

Acteon pudicus
Drawing of a shell of Acteon pudicus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Superfamily:	Acteonoidea
Family:	Acteonidae
Genus:	Acteon
Species:	A. pudicus
Binomial name
Acteon pudicus A. Adams, 1855
Synonyms[1]
Actaeon pudicus A. Adams, 1855superseded combination Pupa pudica (A. Adams, 1855)

Description

The oval shell is subcylindrical, subumbilicate and solid. it is dull whitish, a little flesh tinted. The spire is a little elevated. The whorls are convex, transversely grooved, the grooves equal, punctate. The aperture is oblong. The columella is strongly uniplicate. ^[2]

Distribution

This marine species has a wide distribution and occurs off South Africa, the Philippines, Guam and in French Polynesia.