Japonactaeon
# Japonactaeon

Japonactaeon is a genus of small predatory sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Acteonidae, the barrel bubble snails.

## Species

Species within the genus Japonactaeon include:

* Japonactaeon longissimus Valdés, 2008
* Japonactaeon nipponensis (Yamakawa, 1911) (synonym: Acteon nipponensis Yamakawa, 1911)
   * Distribution : Japan, Korea
   * Length : 10 mm
* Japonactaeon punctostriatus (C. B. Adams, 1840)
* Japonactaeon pusillus (MacGillivray, 1843)
   * Distribution : Florida, Japan, Mediterranean
   * Length : 11 mm
   * Description : found at depths of 200 to 820 m
* Japonactaeon sieboldii (Reeve, 1842)
   * Distribution : Japan, Coral Sea, Philippines
   * Length : 10 mm
   * Description: found on sandy bottoms; whitish shell; first whorl with lighbrown color bordered with darker brown bands.

### Species brought into synonymy

* Japonactaeon suturalis (A. Adams, 1855); synonym of Pupa suturalis (A. Adams, 1855)
