Acteon pelecais

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Acteon pelecais is a small sea snail, a marine gastropod in the family Acteonidae.

Classification:
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Mollusca
- Class: Gastropoda
- Superfamily: Acteonoidea
- Family: Acteonidae
- Genus: Acteon
- Species: A. pelecais
- Binomial name: Acteon pelecais Ev. Marcus, 1972

Description:
- The shell is about 9.5 mm long.
- It usually shows brown or pink spiral bands with lighter stripes and a white outer lip.
- The shell has spiral grooves and raised bumps that can look like punctures or ribs.

Distribution and habitat:
- It lives in the Atlantic Ocean off Brazil, at about 85 meters deep.

Fossil record:
- A fossil was found in Sarasota County, Florida, USA.