Acteonidae

Acteonidae
dorsal view of a live Acteon tornatilis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Superfamily: Acteonoidea
Family: Acteonidae
d'Orbigny, 1843
Type genus
Acteon
d'Orbigny, 1843
Synonyms[1]
  • Pupidae
  • Solidulidae
  • Tornatellidae

Acteonidae, common name the "barrel bubble snails", is a family of small sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks of the informal group Lower Heterobranchia.[1]

  1. ^ a b Bouchet, P. (2012). Acteonidae. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=155 on 2012-08-04