Acteon senegalensis explained

Acteon senegalensis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Acteonidae.

Description

The length of the shell attains 17 mm, its diameter 6 mm.

The thin, elongated shell is cylindrical. It is subpellucid and white. The acute spire is turrited. The shell contains seven whorls, regularly transversely striated. The columella is obliquely uniplicate.

The elongated form, thinness of the shell, and the obliquity of the columellar fold are the distinguishing features of this form.^[1]

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean at the mouth of the Gambia river

External links

• Petit de la Saussaye S. (1851). Description de coquilles nouvelles. Journal de Conchyliologie. 2(3): 259-269; pl. 7 figs 1-4, 7-8; pls 8 fig. 3, 5-9
• Biolib.cz: image

Notes and References

1. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/77919#page/190/mode/1up G.W. Tryon, (1893) - Manual of conchology, structural and systematic : with illustrations of the species ser;1 vol. 15; Philadelphia, Published by the Author, Academy of Natural Sciences, 1879-1898