Japonactaeon punctostriatus

Japonactaeon punctostriatus, common names Adam's baby bubble and pitted baby-bubble, is a species of small sea snail or "bubble snail", a marine gastropod mollusc or micromollusc in the family Acteonidae, the "barrel bubble" snails.^[1]

Japonactaeon punctostriatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
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)

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

The minimum recorded depth for this species is 0 m.^[2] The maximum recorded depth is 110 m.^[2] This snail is found on mud or sand.

Life cycle

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