Acteon venustus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Acteonidae.
Description The length of the shell attains 10 mm, its diameter 3.5 mm.
The thin, elongated-cylindrical shell is roseate. It is transversely striated. The spire is elongated. The apex is obtuse. The shell contains five whorls, the body whorl is large. The aperture is narrow and long. The columella shows one projecting fold.G.W. Tryon, (1893) - Manual of conchology, structural and systematic : with illustrations of the species ser;1 vol. 15; Philadelphia, Published by the Author, Academy of Natural Sciences, 1879-1898
Distribution This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean off Mexico, Panama and Peru.
References
Ramírez, R.; Paredes, C.; Arenas, J. (2003). Moluscos del Perú. Revista de Biología Tropical. 51(supplement 3): 225–284 Keen, A. M. (1971). Sea Shells of Tropical West America. Marine mollusks from Baja California to Peru. ed. 2. Stanford University Press. xv, 1064 pp., 22 pls
External links Dall, W. H. (1909). Report on a collection of shells from Peru, with a summary of the littoral marine Mollusca of the Peruvian zoological province. Proceedings of the United States National Museum. 37 (1704): 147–294, pl. 20-28