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Acteon albus (Sowerby, 1874) 
AphiaID: 211084

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Heterobranchia (Subclass) > [unassigned] Heterobranchia (Infraclass) > Acteonoidea (Superfamily) > Acteonidae (Family) > Acteon (Genus)
Status unaccepted unaccepted
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Accepted name  Rictaxis albus (Sowerby III, 1874)
Rank Species
Parent Acteon Montfort, 1810
Sources  basis of record: Dautzenberg, Ph. (1923). Liste préliminaire des mollusques marins de Madagascar et description de deux espèces nouvelles. J. conchyliol. 68: 21-74 (look up in IMIS) [details]

additional source: Steyn, D.G. & Lussi, M. (1998) Marine Shells of South Africa. An Illustrated Collector’s Guide to Beached Shells. Ekogilde Publishers, Hartebeespoort, South Africa, ii + 264 pp.
page(s): 172 [details]

Distribution Madagascar [details]
Link To Encyclopedia of Life
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:211084
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2001-11-17 14:06:08Z  created  Vanden Berghe, Edward
2011-12-13 20:38:55Z  changed  Rosenberg, Gary
2012-07-04 18:46:28Z  changed  Rosenberg, Gary
2012-07-05 14:31:29Z  changed  Rosenberg, Gary
  
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  Citation: Rosenberg, G. (2013). Acteon albus (Sowerby, 1874). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=211084 on 2013-05-20
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