Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Acteocina infrequens
Opistobranquio, Opisthobranchs
(A. angustior) Length: 5.4 mm; diameter: 2 mm.
(A. angustior) Shallow water (less than 200 m depth).
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Mollusca
Class
Gastropoda
Order
Cephalaspidea
Superfamily
Bulloidea
Family
Tornatinidae
Genus
Acteocina
Species
infrequens
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: Acteocina angustior F. Baker & Hanna, 1927, Acteocina anomala Willett, 1945 †, Acteocina magdalenensis Dall, 1919, Bulla (Tornatina) infrequens C. B. Adams, 1852, Bulla infrequens C. B. Adams, 1852 (Horton et al., 2021).
Origin: Native
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
Distribution: (A. angustior) Gulf of California and Galapagos islands.
- Finet, Y. (2001) The marine mollusks of the Galapagos Islands: a documented faunal list. Editions du Muséum d' Histoire naturelle, Genève, 237 pp.
- Horton, T. Horton, T., Kroh, A., Ahyong, S., Bailly, N., Boyko, C. B., Brandão, S. N., Gofas, S., Hooper, J. N. A., Hernandez, F., Holovachov, O., Mees, J., Molodtsova, T. N., Paulay, G., Decock, W., Dekeyzer, S., Poffyn, G., Vandepitte, L., Vanhoorne, B., Adlard, R., ... Zhao, Z. (2021) World Register of Marine Species. Available from https://www.marinespecies.org at VLIZ.
- Keen, A.M. (1958) Sea Shells of Tropical West America. Stanford University Press, Palo Alto, 1st edition, 624 pp.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Acteocina infrequens", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=19976. Accessed 31 October 2026.