Acteonidae, Bullinidae and Ringiculidae (Gastropoda: Heterobranchia) from the Plio-Pleistocene of the Philippines
Author
Helwerda, Renate A.
text
Zootaxa
2015
3990
2
197
220
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.3990.2.2
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1175-5326
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Acteon
spec 4
(
Figure 12
)
Material.
Tiep2 (1)
RGM
961.770, Tiep5 (1)
RGM
961.847.
Characterization.
Shell small, tall, with flattened sides; H
1.75 mm
,
W
1.12
mm; protoconch slightly elevated, 1.2 whorl, DP
0.71 mm
; nucleus small, DN
0.25 mm
; lower two-thirds of teleoconch whorls sculpted with fine punctuated spiral grooves, becoming stronger towards base; interspaces large, becoming smaller towards base; two separate weak punctuated spiral grooves present on upper one-third of first teleoconch whorl; suture weakly channeled with punctuated spiral groove broader than grooves on rest of whorl; aperture narrow; columella with weak single fold; umbilicus very narrow.
Remarks.
This species is distinguished from
Acteon
spec 1 by the presence of weak punctuated spiral ribs on the upper one-third of teleoconch whorls. All species within
Acteonidae
, of which material is well described and illustrated, differ from the species discussed here in their sculptural details.