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Acteon Montfort, 1810 
AphiaID: 137618

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Heterobranchia (Subclass) > [unassigned] Heterobranchia (Infraclass) > Acteonoidea (Superfamily) > Acteonidae (Family)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Genus
Typetaxon Bulla tornatilis Linnaeus, 1758 (type by original designation)
Parent Acteonidae d'Orbigny, 1843
Synonymised
taxa
  Actaeon Ersch & Gruber, 1818 (unjustified emendation)
Tornatella Lamarck, 1816 (synonym)
Sources  basis of record: Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180-213 (look up in IMIS[details]

additional source: Spencer, H.G., Marshall, B.A. & Willan, R.C. 2009 Recent Mollusca. Pp 196-219 in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.), The New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch [details]

additional source: Vaught, K.C. (1989). A classification of the living Mollusca. American Malacologists: Melbourne, FL (USA). ISBN 0-915826-22-4. XII, 195 pp. (look up in IMIS[details]

Direct child
taxa

[show all]
 Subgenus Acteon (Maxacteon) Rudman, 1971
  » Species Acteon (Maxacteon) cratericulatus (Hedley, 1906) accepted as Maxacteon cratericulatus (Hedley, 1906)
» Species Acteon (Maxacteon) hancocki (Rudman, 1971) accepted as Maxacteon hancocki Rudman, 1971
» Species Acteon (Maxacteon) milleri (Rudman, 1971) accepted as Maxacteon milleri Rudman, 1971
Species Acteon antarcticus Thiele, 1912
Species Acteon aphyodes Valdés, 2008
Species Acteon archibenthicola Habe, 1955
Species Acteon biplicatus (Strebel, 1908)
Species Acteon boteroi Valdés, 2008
Species Acteon buccinus Valdés, 2008
Species Acteon candens Rehder, 1939
Species Acteon castus (Hinds, 1844)
Species Acteon cebuanus Lan, 1985
Species Acteon chauliodous Valdés, 2008
Species Acteon chrystomatus Valdés, 2008
Species Acteon cohibilis Valdés, 2008
Species Acteon comptus Valdés, 2008
Species Acteon danaida Dall, 1881
Species Acteon delicatus Dall, 1889
Species Acteon editus Valdés, 2008
Species Acteon elongatus Castellanos, Rolán & Bartolotta, 1987
Species Acteon exiguus Mörch, 1875
Species Acteon finlayi McGinty, 1955
Species Acteon fortis Thiele, 1925
Species Acteon fructuosus Iredale, 1936
Species Acteon hebes A. E. Verrill, 1885
Species Acteon herosae Valdés, 2008
Species Acteon incisus Dall, 1881
Species Acteon ionfasciatus Valdés, 2008
Species Acteon juvenis Dall, 1927
Species Acteon lacunatus Dall, 1927
Species Acteon loyautensis Valdés, 2008
Species Acteon maltzani Dautzenberg, 1910
Species Acteon melampoides Dall, 1881
Species Acteon mirim Cunha, 2011
Species Acteon monterosatoi Dautzenberg, 1889
Species Acteon nakayamai Habe, 1952
Species Acteon osexiguus Valdés, 2008
Species Acteon panamensis Dall, 1908
Species Acteon parallelus Dall, 1927
Species Acteon particolor Dall, 1927
Species Acteon pelecais Ev. Marcus, 1972
Species Acteon perforatus Dall, 1881
Species Acteon profundus Valdés, 2008
Species Acteon pudicus (A. Adams, 1855)
Species Acteon retusus Verco, 1907
Species Acteon rhektos Valdés, 2008
Species Acteon ringiculoides Valdés, 2008
Species Acteon secale Gould, 1859
Species Acteon semicingulatus Dall, 1927
Species Acteon semisculptus E. A. Smith, 1890
Species Acteon sieboldii (Reeve, 1842)
Species Acteon soyoae Habe, 1961
Species Acteon splendidulus Mörch, 1875
Species Acteon subincisus Okutani, 1968
Species Acteon subroseus Iredale, 1936
Species Acteon teramachii Habe, 1950
Species Acteon tornatilis (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Acteon traskii Stearns, 1898
Species Acteon venustus (d'Orbigny, 1840)
Species Acteon virgatus (Reeve, 1842)
Species Acteon yamamurae Habe, 1976

Species Acteon cumingii (A. Adams, 1855) (species inquirenda)
Species Acteon mariae (A. Adams, 1855) (species inquirenda)
Species Acteon modestus (A. Adams, 1855) (species inquirenda)

Species Acteon albus (Sowerby, 1874) accepted as Rictaxis albus (Sowerby III, 1874)
Species Acteon amabilis Watson, 1886 accepted as Callostracon amabile (Watson, 1886)
Species Acteon austrinus Watson, 1881 accepted as Leucotina casta (A. Adams, 1853)
Species Acteon candidulus Monterosato, 1923 accepted as Acteon tornatilis (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Acteon chariis Watson, 1886 accepted as Callostracon chariis (Watson, 1886)
Species Acteon dianae (A. Adams, 1855) accepted as Leucotina casta (A. Adams, 1853)
Species Acteon eloisae [sic] accepted as Acteon eloiseae Abbott, 1973 accepted as Punctacteon eloiseae (Abbott, 1973)
Species Acteon eloiseae Abbott, 1973 accepted as Punctacteon eloiseae (Abbott, 1973)
Species Acteon exilis Jeffreys, 1870 accepted as Crenilabium exile (Jeffreys, 1870)
Species Acteon fabreanus (Crosse, 1874) accepted as Punctacteon fabreanus (Crosse, 1874)
Species Acteon flammea [sic] accepted as Maxacteon flammeus (Bruguière, 1789)
Species Acteon flammeus (Bruguière, 1789) accepted as Maxacteon flammeus (Bruguière, 1789)
Species Acteon huttoni Cossmann, 1895 accepted as Leucotina casta (A. Adams, 1853)
Species Acteon kajiyamai (Habe, 1976) accepted as Punctacteon kajiyamai Habe, 1976
Species Acteon kawamurai Habe, 1952 accepted as Punctacteon kawamurai (Habe, 1952)
Species Acteon kirai Habe, 1949 accepted as Punctacteon kirai (Habe, 1949)
Species Acteon longissimus (Valdés, 2008) accepted as Japonactaeon longissimus Valdés, 2008
Species Acteon natalensis (Barnard, 1963) accepted as Acteocina fusiformis A. Adams, 1854
Species Acteon nipponensis Yamakawa, 1911 accepted as Japonactaeon nipponensis (Yamakawa, 1911)
Species Acteon pilsbryi Cossmann, 1902 accepted as Pupa affinis (A. Adams, 1855)
Species Acteon praestitus Finlay, 1924 accepted as Leucotina casta (A. Adams, 1853)
Species Acteon punctostriatus (C. B. Adams, 1840) accepted as Japonactaeon punctostriatus (C. B. Adams, 1840)
Species Acteon torrei Aguayo & Rehder, 1936 accepted as Bullina torrei (Aguayo & Rehder, 1936)
Species Acteon vagabundus (Mabille, 1885) accepted as Toledonia vagabunda (Mabille, 1885)
Species Acteon variegatus (Bruguière, 1789) accepted as Punctacteon variegatus (Bruguière, 1789)
Species Acteon wetherwilli I. Lea, 1833 accepted as Acteocina canaliculata (Say, 1826)
Environment marine
Distribution Angola (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Feedingtypes  omnivore [details]
predator [details]
scavenger [details]
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Notes  Remark: Acteon is placed in family Acteonidae by Sheppard (1984) and Harasewych (1997), which is synonym with Pupidae according to Spry (1961). Sometimes spelled Actaeon (and the family Actaeonidae) [details]

Spelling: The original spelling of this genus is certainly Acteon and not Actaeon, as mentioned by e.g. Odhner, 1907; Jaeckel, 1952; Gilbert, 1960; Janssen, 1975; Seaward, 1982. [details]
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Acteon
Acteon
added on 2013-01-07 - author: Natural History Museum Rotterdam ()
qualitystatus: not checked
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:137618
Taxonomic
Edit history
 
Date   action   by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  Gofas, Serge
2010-08-26 09:47:51Z  changed  Tran, Bastien
2010-10-02 22:08:23Z  checked  Rosenberg, Gary
2010-10-13 10:30:08Z  changed  Tran, Bastien
2011-03-16 19:15:22Z  checked  Bouchet, Philippe
2013-01-29 19:56:21Z  changed  Bouchet, Philippe
  
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  Citation: Bouchet, P.; Rosenberg, G.; Gofas, S. (2013). Acteon Montfort, 1810. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137618 on 2013-05-25
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