''Maxacteon'' is a
genus of small
predatory sea snail
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s,
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gastropod
The gastropods (), commonly known as snails and slugs, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda ().
This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, from freshwater, and from land. T ...
mollusc
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s in the
family Acteonidae
Acteonidae, common name the "barrel bubble snails", is a family of small sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks of the informal group Lower Heterobranchia.Bouchet, P. (2012). Acteonidae. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http:/ ...
, the barrel bubble snails.
[Bouchet, P.; Rosenberg, G. (2015). Maxacteon Rudman, 1971. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=599179 on 2016-05-22]
Species
Species within the genus ''Maxacteon'' include:
* ''
Maxacteon cratericulatus''
Hedley, 1906
** Distribution : New Zealand
* ''
Maxacteon flammeus
''Maxacteon flammeus'' is a species of small sea snail, a marine opisthobranch gastropod mollusk in the family Acteonidae, the barrel bubble snails.Rosenberg, G. (2015). Maxacteon flammeus (Bruguière, 1789). In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed th ...
'' (= ''Acteon flammeus'')
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* Gmelin's test, a chemical test
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People
* Carl Christian Gmelin (1762–1837), German botanist, author of ''Flora Badensis ...
, 1791
* ''
Maxacteon hancocki'' (= ''Acteon hancocki'')
Rudman, 1971
** Distribution : New Zealand
** Length : 6 mm
** Description : headshield with a pair of fleshy lobes; thin
operculum; white shell with orange-brown markings at the base and at the apex; large body whorl; large columella, slightly twisted; shell sculptured with grooves
* ''
Maxacteon kawamurai''
(Habe, 1952)
* ''
Maxacteon milleri'' (= ''Acteon milleri'')
Rudman, 1971
** Distribution : New Zealand
* ''
Maxacteon sagamiensis''
(Kuroda & Habe, 1971)
;Species brought into synonymy:
* ''Maxacteon fabreanus'' (= ''Acteon fabreanus'')
Crosse, 1874: synonym of ''
Punctacteon fabreanus''
(Crosse, 1874)
References
This article incorporates public domain text from the reference.
["Family summary for Acteonidae"](_blank)
AnimalBase, last change 25-10-2007, accessed 3 August 2010
The Sea Slug Forum : Maxacteon milleri* Rudman, W.B. 1971. ''The family Acteonidae (Opisthobranchia: Gastropoda) in New Zealand.'' Journal of the Malacological Society of Australia 2: 205-214
* Valdés Á. (2008). ''Deep-sea "cephalaspidean" heterobranchs (Gastropoda) from the tropical southwest Pacific.'' Mémoires du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle 196:587-792
External links
*
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