Japonactaeon punctostriatus


Japonactaeon punctostriatus, common names Adam's baby bubble and pitted baby-bubble, is a species of small sea snail or "bubble snail", a marine gastropod mollusc or micromollusc in the family Acteonidae, the "barrel bubble" snails.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Western Atlantic Ocean: Florida, Gulf of Mexico, Mexico, Caribbean Sea, Venezuela.

Shell description

This barrel bubble snail has an ovate white shell with shouldered whorls. The body whorl has 10 -14 slightly irregular spiral grooves. The columella is twisted. The aperture is ovate and is rounded above and below.
The shell length is 3 – 7.5 mm. The maximum recorded shell length is 7.5 mm.

Ecology

Habitat

The minimum recorded depth for this species is 0 m. The maximum recorded depth is 110 m. This snail is found on mud or sand.

Life cycle

The eggs are laid in a spiral string, enclosed in a mucus tube.