Acteon areatus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Acteonidae.
Description (Original description) This small species differs from Acteon roseus by a shorter spire and a longer aperture. It also shows two white spiral bands and several undulating axial bands, which break the colour up into oblong blotches.Verco, J. C. (1907). Notes on South Australian marine Mollusca with descriptions of new species. Part VII. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia. 31: 305-315
Distribution This marine species occurs off South Australia.
References
Cotton, B.C. & Godfrey, F.K. 1932. South Australian shells (including descriptions of new genera and species). Part 6. South Australian Naturalist 14(1): 16-44
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