''Japonactaeon isabella'' is a
species of
sea snail
Sea snail is a common name for slow-moving marine gastropod molluscs, usually with visible external shells, such as whelk or abalone. They share the taxonomic class Gastropoda with slugs, which are distinguished from snails primarily by the ...
, a marine
gastropod
The gastropods (), commonly known as snails and slugs, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda ().
This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, from freshwater, and from land. T ...
mollusk in the
family Acteonidae
Acteonidae, common name the "barrel bubble snails", is a family of small sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks of the informal group Lower Heterobranchia.Bouchet, P. (2012). Acteonidae. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http:/ ...
.
[MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Japonactaeon isabella (Poppe, Tagaro & Goto, 2018). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1696476 on 2024-03-19]
Distribution
This marine species occurs off the
Philippines.
References
* Poppe G.T., Tagaro S.P. & Goto Y. (2018). New marine species from the Central Philippines. Visaya. 5(1): 91–135. page(s): 112, pl. 13 figs 1–3.
* Poppe, G. T. & Tagaro, S. P. (2023). The Acteonidae of the Philippines. A short study with the description of newly discovered species. Visaya. 5(6): 13-37.
External links
Worms Link
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isabella
Gastropods described in 2018