Acteon virgatus Striped Acteon

Acteon virgatus is commonly referred to as Striped Acteon. Difficulty in the aquarium: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Profile

lexID:

18236 

AphiaID:

211085 

Scientific:

Acteon virgatus 

German:

Gestreifte Drechselschnecke 

English:

Striped Acteon 

Category:

Snails 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Not assigned (Order) > Acteonidae (Family) > Acteon (Genus) > virgatus (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Reeve, ), 1842 

Occurrence:

Indian Ocean, Indonesia, Japan, New Caledonia, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Solomon Islands, The Chagos Archipelago (the Chagos Islands), Vietnam 

Marine Zone:

Subtidal, sublittoral, infralittoral, deep zone of the oceans from the lower limit of the intertidal zone (intertidal) to the shelf edge at about 200 m water depth. neritic. 

Sea depth:

Meter 

Habitats:

Seawater, Sea water 

Size:

2,0 cm 

Temperature:

°F - 82.4 °F (°C - 28°C) 

Food:

Carnivore, No reliable information available, Predatory, Worms 

Difficulty:

There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully 

Offspring:

None 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE) 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• Acteon antarcticus
• Acteon aphyodes
• Acteon archibenthicola
• Acteon baracoensis
• Acteon biplicatus
• Acteon boteroi
• Acteon buccinus
• Acteon candens
• Acteon cebuanus
• Acteon chauliodous
• Acteon chrystomatus
• Acteon cohibilis
• Acteon comptus
• Acteon danaida
• Acteon dancei
• Acteon delicatus
• Acteon dolichoroseus
• Acteon editus
• Acteon elongatus
• Acteon exiguus
• Acteon finlayi
• Acteon fortis
• Acteon fructuosus
• Acteon hebes
• Acteon herosae
• Acteon incisus
• Acteon ionfasciatus
• Acteon juvenis
• Acteon lacunatus
• Acteon laetus
• Acteon loyautensis
• Acteon maltzani
• Acteon melampoides
• Acteon mirim
• Acteon monterosatoi
• Acteon nakayamai
• Acteon osexiguus
• Acteon parallelus
• Acteon particolor
• Acteon pelecais
• Acteon perforatus
• Acteon profundus
• Acteon pudicus
• Acteon retusus
• Acteon rhektos
• Acteon ringiculoides
• Acteon secale
• Acteon semicingulatus
• Acteon semisculptus
• Acteon senegalensis
• Acteon soyoae
• Acteon splendidulus
• Acteon subincisus
• Acteon subroseus
• Acteon teramachii
• 
  Acteon tornatilis
  Gebänderte Drechselschnecke, Europäische Drechselschnecke
• Acteon traskii
• Acteon valentina
• Acteon vangoethemi
• 
  Acteon virgatus
  Gestreifte Drechselschnecke
• Acteon yamamurae
• Alle anzeigen

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2026-03-25 16:14:59 

Last edit:

2026-03-25 16:26:22 

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