Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda > Subclass Orthogastropoda > Subclass Heterobranchia > Infraclass Euthyneura > Subterclass Acteonimorpha > Superfamily Acteonoidea > Family Acteonidae > Genus Acteon

Acteon tornatilis (Linnaeus, 1758)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Acteon*	Montfort, 1810	accepted genus name
*Actaeon*	Ersch & Gruber, 1818	synonym
*Tornatella*	Lamarck, 1816	synonym

Species group names

*Actaeon subulatus*	S. V. Wood, 1848	synonym
*Actaeon tornatilis*	(Linnaeus, 1758)	synonym
*Acteon augustoi*	Nobre, 1932	synonym
*Acteon candidulus*	Monterosato, 1923	synonym
*Acteon tornatilis var. ancilla*	Monterosato, 1917	synonym
*Acteon tornatilis var. bullaeformis*	Jeffreys, 1867	synonym
*Bulla tornatilis*	Linnaeus, 1758	synonym
*Pseudactaeon luteofasciatus*	(Megerle von Mühlfeld, 1824)	synonym
*Tornatella fasciata*	Lamarck, 1816	synonym
*Tornatella pellucida*	MacGillivray, 1843	synonym
*Turbo ovalis*	da Costa, 1778	synonym
*Voluta bifasciata*	Gmelin, 1791	synonym
*Voluta luteofasciata*	Megerle von Mühlfeld, 1824	synonym
*Voluta tornatilis*	Linnaeus, 1758	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Dutch: bootschelp; gewone bootschelp; spoelhoren sources: de Bruyne, R.H.; Bank, R.A.; Adema, J.P.H.M.; Perk, F.A. (1994). Nederlandse naamlijst van de weekdieren (Mollusca) van Nederland en Belgie: feestuitgave ter gelegenheid van het zestig-jarig jubileum van de Nederlandse Malacologische Vereniging [Dutch namelist of the Mollusca from the Netherlands and Belgium: festive edition at the occasion of the 60-year jubilee of the Dutch Malacological Society]. Backhuys Publishers: Leiden, The Netherlands. ISBN 90-73348-33-1. 149 pp.;Hayward, P.; Nelson-Smith, A.; Shields, C. (1999). Gids van kust en strand: flora en fauna [Coast and beach guide: flora and fauna]. Tirion: Baarn, Netherlands. ISBN 90-5210-327-5. 352, ill. pp.

English: beer barrel; European acteon; lathe acteon sources: Cole, T. C. H. (2017). Wörterbuch der Wirbellosen / Dictionary of Invertebrates. Latein-Deutsch-English. 2017. Springer Spektrum: Berlin. ISBN 978-3-662-52869-3. XII, 574 pp.

German: Drechselschnecke; Europäische Drechselschnecke; Gebänderte Drehschnecke

Literature

basis of record	Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 180-213.
additional source	Howson, C.M. & B.E. Picton. (1997). The species directory of the marine fauna and flora of the British Isles and surrounding seas. Ulster Museum Publication, 276. The Ulster Museum: Belfast, UK. ISBN 0-948150-06-8. vi, 508 (+ cd-rom) pp.

Genbank

External Links

Marine Life Information Network - UK

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Acteon tornatilis (Linnaeus, 1758). Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:138691