Acteon maltzani
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| Acteon maltzani | |
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| Shell of Acteon maltzani (specimen at the Natural History Museum, Rotterdam) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Acteonoidea |
| Family: | Acteonidae |
| Genus: | Acteon |
| Species: | A. maltzani |
| Binomial name | |
| Acteon maltzani Dautzenberg, 1910 | |
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Acteon maltzani is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Acteonidae.[1]
The length of the shell varies between 2.5 mm and 6 mm.
Distribution
This marine species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off West Africa (Senegal), the Canary Islands and Cape Verde.