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Gastropoda: Architectibranchia: Acteonoidea: Acteonidae

Acteon incisus Dall, 1881


Range: 30.98°N to 13.75°N; 87.62°W to 61.08°W
Depth: 31 to 1170 m
Maximum Reported Size: 10  mm

Details


Actaeon incisus Dall, 1881, p. 95, [Dall 1889a, pl. 17, figs. 1, 1b
[Basis of the current name]
Type Locality: Yucatan Strait, 640 fms.; off Cape San Antonio, 640 fms.
Range: 30.98°N to 13.75°N; 87.62°W to 61.08°W
Depth: 31 to 1170 m
Maximum Reported Size: 10 mm
Distribution: USA: Georgia; Mexico: Quintana Roo; Yucatan Strait, St. Lucia
References: Dall (1881) D{SM}; Dall (1927b) N{E}; Ev. Marcus (1974) SEWM
Comments: The record by Dautzenberg & Fischer (1896: 398) off the Azores needs confirmation.


Partial List of References

Dall, W. H. 1881. Reports on the results of dredging, under the supervision of Alexander Agassiz, in the Gulf of Mexico, and in the Caribbean Sea, 1877-79, by the United States Coast Survey Steamer 'Blake,' Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 9 33-144. [True date: -- Aug 1881.]

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