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Family: Acteonidae (See list of species below)

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66 species with fin ray counts including ? spines in dorsal and ? in anal fins (see list below)

No picture found Acteon antarcticus []	No picture found Acteon biplicatus []	No picture found Acteon candens []
No picture found Acteon cebuanus []	No picture found Acteon danaida []	Acteon delicatus []
No picture found Acteon elongatus []	No picture found Acteon exiguus []	No picture found Acteon finlayi []
No picture found Acteon fructosus []	No picture found Acteon hebes []	No picture found Acteon incisus []
No picture found Acteon ionfasciatus []	No picture found Acteon juvenis []	No picture found Acteon kajiyamai []
No picture found Acteon lacunatus []	No picture found Acteon longissimus []	No picture found Acteon melampoides []
No picture found Acteon monterosatoi []	No picture found Acteon nakayamai []	No picture found Acteon parallelus []
No picture found Acteon particolor []	No picture found Acteon pelecais []	No picture found Acteon perforatus []
No picture found Acteon retusus []	No picture found Acteon secale []	No picture found Acteon semicingulatus []
No picture found Acteon semisculptus []	No picture found Acteon splendidulus []	No picture found Acteon subroseus []
No picture found Acteon teramachii []	Acteon tornatilis [Linnes baby-bubble]	No picture found Acteon traskii []
No picture found Acteon variegatus []	Acteon virgatus []	No picture found Callostracon tyrrhenicum []
No picture found Crenilabium birmani []	No picture found Crenilabium exile []	No picture found Crenilabium venustus []
No picture found Japonactaeon pusillus []	No picture found Japonacteon pusillus []	No picture found Liocarenus globulinus []
No picture found Maxacteon fabreanus []	No picture found Maxacteon flammeus []	No picture found Mysouffa cumingii []
No picture found Mysouffa turrita []	No picture found Neactaeonina cingulata []	No picture found Neactaeonina edentula []
No picture found Obrussena bracteata []	No picture found Obrussena moeshimaensis []	No picture found Ovulactaeon meekii []
No picture found Punctacteon eloiseae []	No picture found Punctacteon kajiyamai []	Pupa affinis [Pupa]
Pupa alveola []	No picture found Pupa nitidula [Smooth pink Pupa]	No picture found Pupa pudica []
No picture found Pupa sekii []	No picture found Pupa solidula [Solid Pupa]	No picture found Pupa strigosa []
No picture found Pupa sulcata [Furrowed Pupa]	Pupa tessellata []	No picture found Pupa tragulata []
No picture found Rictaxis albus []	Rictaxis punctocaelatus [Spotted rictaxis]	Rictaxis punctostriatus [Pitted baby-bubble]

66 Species of Family Acteonidae
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Scientific Name	English Name	Distribution	Max. Length (cm)
Acteon antarcticus		Western Atlantic and Indo	0.66 DL
Acteon biplicatus		Southeast Pacific and Sou	0.44 DL
Acteon candens		Western Atlantic	1 DL
Acteon cebuanus		Western Central Pacific
Acteon danaida		Western Atlantic.	1.1 DL
Acteon delicatus		Western Atlantic	1 DL
Acteon elongatus		Southeast Pacific and Sou	0.85 DL
Acteon exiguus		Western Central Atlantic	0.65 NG
Acteon finlayi		Western Atlantic
Acteon fructosus		Indo-West Pacific
Acteon hebes		Western Atlantic.	0.8 DL
Acteon incisus		Western Atlantic	1 DL
Acteon ionfasciatus		Western Central Pacific
Acteon juvenis		Western Atlantic.	0.3 DL
Acteon kajiyamai		Western Central Pacific
Acteon lacunatus		Western Atlantic.	0.3 DL
Acteon longissimus		Western Central Pacific
Acteon melampoides		Western Atlantic	0.96 DL
Acteon monterosatoi		Mediterranean.
Acteon nakayamai		Western Central Pacific
Acteon parallelus		Western Atlantic.	0.3 DL
Acteon particolor		Western Atlantic.	0.35 DL
Acteon pelecais		Western Atlantic.	0.95 DL
Acteon perforatus		Western Atlantic	1.4 DL
Acteon retusus		Eastern Indian Ocean
Acteon secale		Western Central Pacific
Acteon semicingulatus		Western Atlantic.	0.3 DL
Acteon semisculptus		Eastern Atlantic.	0.4 DL
Acteon splendidulus		Western Central Atlantic	0.48 NG
Acteon subroseus		Southwest Pacific
Acteon teramachii		Western Central Pacific
Acteon tornatilis	Linnes baby-bubble	Northeast Atlantic and th
Acteon traskii		Eastern Central Pacific	1.5 SHL
Acteon variegatus		Western Central and South
Acteon virgatus		Indo-West Pacific
Callostracon tyrrhenicum		Northeast Atlantic and th
Crenilabium birmani		Western Atlantic.	0.83 DL
Crenilabium exile		Atlantic Ocean and Medite	0.81 TL
Crenilabium venustus		Eastern Pacific	1.5 SHL
Japonactaeon pusillus		Atlantic Ocean.	0.2 DL
Japonacteon pusillus		Northeast Atlantic and th
Liocarenus globulinus		Northeast Atlantic and th
Maxacteon fabreanus		Indo-West Pacific
Maxacteon flammeus		Indo-Pacific.
Mysouffa cumingii		Western Atlantic.	2 DL
Mysouffa turrita		Western Atlantic.	1.4 DL
Neactaeonina cingulata		Western Atlantic.	1.05 DL
Neactaeonina edentula		Antarctic, Western Atlant	4.96 DL
Obrussena bracteata		Indo-West Pacific
Obrussena moeshimaensis		Western Pacific
Ovulactaeon meekii		Western Atlantic.	0.55 DL
Punctacteon eloiseae		Western Indian Ocean
Punctacteon kajiyamai		Western Pacific
Pupa affinis	Pupa	Indo-Pacific. Tropical a
Pupa alveola		Central Pacific.
Pupa nitidula	Smooth pink Pupa	Western Central Pacific
Pupa pudica		Eastern Central Pacific
Pupa sekii		Western Central Pacific
Pupa solidula	Solid Pupa	Indo-Pacific. South Afri
Pupa strigosa		Western Pacific
Pupa sulcata	Furrowed Pupa	Indo-Pacific.
Pupa tessellata		Western Central Pacific
Pupa tragulata		Indo-West Pacific
Rictaxis albus		Southeast Atlantic
Rictaxis punctocaelatus	Spotted rictaxis	Eastern Pacific	2 TL
Rictaxis punctostriatus	Pitted baby-bubble	Western Atlantic

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