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Acteon tornatilis (Linnaeus, 1758)

Acteon tornatilis (Linnaeus, 1758)Specimen from La Goulette, Tunisia (soft bottoms 10-15 m, 19.01.2010), talle rlle 8.9 mm
Acteon tornatilis (Linnaeus, 1758)
Specimen from La Goulette, Tunisia (soft bottoms 10-15 m, 19.01.2010), talle rlle 8.9 mm

138691 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:138691)

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Species
Actaeon subulatus S. V. Wood, 1848 † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Acteon augustoi Nobre, 1932 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Acteon candidulus Monterosato, 1923 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Acteon tornatilis var. ancilla Monterosato, 1917 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Acteon tornatilis var. bullaeformis Jeffreys, 1867 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Bulla tornatilis Linnaeus, 1758 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Pseudactaeon luteofasciatus (Megerle von Mühlfeld, 1824) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Tornatella fasciata Lamarck, 1816 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Tornatella pellucida MacGillivray, 1843 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Turbo ovalis da Costa, 1778 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Voluta bifasciata Gmelin, 1791 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Voluta luteofasciata Megerle von Mühlfeld, 1824 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

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  1. Variety Acteon tornatilis var. ancilla Monterosato, 1917 accepted as Acteon tornatilis (Linnaeus, 1758) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  2. Variety Acteon tornatilis var. bullaeformis Jeffreys, 1867 accepted as Acteon tornatilis (Linnaeus, 1758) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
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(of Bulla tornatilis Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors  PDF available
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Acteon tornatilis (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025) European Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marbef.org//www.marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138691 on 2026-08-30
Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2026). European Register of Marine Species. Acteon tornatilis (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed at: https://www.vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=138691 on 2026-08-30
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Gofas, Serge

original description (of Turbo ovalis da Costa, 1778) da Costa, E. M. (1778). <i>Historia naturalis testaceorum Britanniæ, or, the British conchology</i>; containing the descriptions and other particulars of natural history of the shells of Great Britain and Ireland: illustrated with figures. In English and French. - Historia naturalis testaceorum Britanniæ, ou, la conchologie Britannique; contenant les descriptions & autres particularités d'histoire naturelle des coquilles de la Grande Bretagne & de l'Irlande: avec figures en taille douce. En anglois & françois. i-xii, 1-254, i-vii, [1], Pl. I-XVII. London. (Millan, White, Emsley & Robson). , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13116783
page(s): 101 [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Voluta bifasciata Gmelin, 1791) Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Caroli a Linné Systema Naturae, ed. 13. Tome 1(6). Vermes. G. E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 3021-3910. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#5
page(s): 3436 [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Acteon tornatilis var. bullaeformis Jeffreys, 1867) Jeffreys, J. G. (1862-1869). <i>British conchology</i>. Vol. 1: pp. cxiv + 341 [1862]. Vol. 2: pp. 479 [1864]. Vol. 3: pp. 394 [1865]. Vol. 4: pp. 487 [1867]. Vol. 5: pp. 259 [1869]. London, van Voorst. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/55187
page(s): 4: 435 [details] 

original description (of Tornatella fasciata Lamarck, 1816) Lamarck, [J. B. P. A. de M. de]. (1816). Tableau encyclopédique et méthodique des trois règnes de la nature, Mollusques et polypes divers. Part 23 [Livraison 84, 14 December 1816], Tome 3, pp. 1-16, pls. 391-431, 431 bis, 431 bis*, 432-488, Paris: Vve Agasse., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37162278
page(s): 11, p. 452, fig. 3 [details] 

original description (of Bulla tornatilis Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors  PDF available

original description (of Voluta tornatilis Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors  PDF available

original description (of Tornatella pellucida MacGillivray, 1843) MacGillivray, W. (1843). A history of the molluscous animals of the counties of Aberdeen, Kincardine and Banff, to which is appended an account of the cirripedal animals of the same district. <em>Cunningham & Mortimer, London.</em> xxiv + 372 pp., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/64238
page(s): 158 [details] 

original description (of Voluta luteofasciata Megerle von Mühlfeld, 1824) Megerle von Mühlfeld, J. C. (1824). Beschreibung einiger neuen Conchylien. <em>Verhandlungen der Gesellschaft naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin.</em> 1(4): 205-221, pl. 7-9 [labelled pl. 1-3 on plates]., available online at http://books.google.es/books?id=8OoTAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA206
page(s): 205-206, pl. 7 fig. 2 a-b [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Acteon tornatilis var. ancilla Monterosato, 1917) Monterosato, T. A. di. (1917). Molluschi viventi e quaternari raccolti lungo le coste della Tripolitania dall'ing. Camillo Crema. <em>Bollettino della Società Zoologica Italiana.</em> ser. 3, 4: 1-28, pl. 1 [December 31st 1917]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/58455884
page(s): 25 [details] 

original description (of Acteon candidulus Monterosato, 1923) Monterosato, T. A. di. (1923). Molluschi delle coste Cirenaiche raccolti dall'Ing. Crema. <em>Memorie del Regio Comitato Talassografico Italiano.</em> 106: 1-14, 1 pl [December 31st 1923].
page(s): 12, pl. 1, fig. 17 [details] 

original description (of Actaeon subulatus S. V. Wood, 1848 †) Wood, S. V. (1848-1882). A monograph of the Crag Mollusca with descriptions of shells from the Upper Tertiaries of the British Isles. 2. Bivalves. London: printed for the Palaeontographical society. Part 1: pp. I-XII, 1-208, pl. 1-21 [1848]. Part 2: 1-150, pl. 1-12 [1851] 151-216, pl. 13-20 [1853] 217-342, pl. 21-31 [1857], (note) 1-2 [1861]. Part 3 (Suppl.): I-XXXI, 1-99, pl. 1-7 [1872], 99-231, pl. 8-11 + addendum [1874]. Part 4 (2 Suppl.): 1-58, pl. 1-6 [1879]. Part 5 (3 Suppl.): 1-24, pl. 1 [1882]. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/11876
page(s): 170-171, pl. 19, fig. 7, a, b [details] 

context source (Deepsea) Census of Marine Life (2012). SYNDEEP: Towards a first global synthesis of biodiversity, biogeography and ecosystem function in the deep sea. Unpublished data (datasetID: 38), available online at http://www.comlsecretariat.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/SYNDEEP-Towards-a-first-global-synthesis-of-biodiversity-biogeography-and-ecosystem-function-in-the-deep-sea-Eva-Ramirez-Llodra-et-al..pdf [details] 

basis of record Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. <em>Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 180-213., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/ocrd/254404.pdf [details] 

additional source Howson, C.M. & B.E. Picton. (1997). The species directory of the marine fauna and flora of the British Isles and surrounding seas. <em>Ulster Museum Publication, 276. The Ulster Museum: Belfast, UK. ISBN 0-948150-06-8.</em> vi, 508 (+ cd-rom) pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors  PDF available
 
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To Biodiversity Heritage Library (111 publications) (from synonym Actaeon tornatilis (Linnaeus, 1758))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (13 publications) (from synonym Actaeon subulatus S. V. Wood, 1848 †)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (50 publications) 
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Acteon tornatilis) 
To GenBank (19 nucleotides; 11 proteins) 
To GenBank (19 nucleotides; 11 proteins) (from synonym Bulla tornatilis Linnaeus, 1758)
To Malacopics (Acteon tornatilis (Linnaeus, 1758) France, Bretagne, Finistère, Morgat, beached, co... 
To Malacopics (Acteon tornatilis (Linnaeus, 1758) France, Occitanie, Gard, Le Grau-du-Roi, near Po... 
To Malacopics (Acteon tornatilis (Linnaeus, 1758) Netherlands, Zuid-Holland, Hoek van Holland, col... 
To Malacopics (Acteon tornatilis (Linnaeus, 1758) Spain, Cataluña, Tarragona, Sant Carles de la Rà... 
To Malacopics (Acteon tornatilis (Linnaeus, 1758) United Kingdom, Gwynedd, Fairbourne, in high tid... 
To PESI 
To PESI (from synonym Tornatella fasciata Lamarck, 1816)
To PESI (from synonym Acteon augustoi Nobre, 1932)
To PESI (from synonym Acteon candidulus Monterosato, 1923)
To PESI (from synonym Actaeon subulatus S. V. Wood, 1848 †)
To PESI (from synonym Tornatella pellucida MacGillivray, 1843)
To PESI (from synonym Turbo ovalis da Costa, 1778)
To PESI (from synonym Voluta bifasciata Gmelin, 1791)
To PESI (from synonym Voluta luteofasciata Megerle von Mühlfeld, 1824)
To PESI (from synonym Voluta tornatilis Linnaeus, 1758)
To PESI (from synonym Acteon tornatilis var. bullaeformis Jeffreys, 1867)
To PESI (from synonym Acteon tornatilis var. ancilla Monterosato, 1917)
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