WoRMS name details
Actaeon Ersch & Gruber, 1818
153282 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:153282)
unaccepted > unjustified emendation
Genus
- Subgenus Actaeon (Buccinulus) Herrmannsen, 1852 accepted as Pupa Röding, 1798 (unaccepted > junior objective synonym)
- Species Actaeon (Buccinulus) cinereus R. B. Watson, 1884 accepted as Pupa affinis (A. Adams, 1855) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Subgenus Actaeon (Leucotina) A. Adams, 1860 accepted as Leucotina A. Adams, 1860
- Species Actaeon (Leucotina) aethiopicus E. von Martens, 1902 accepted as Acteon aethiopicus E. von Martens, 1902 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Subgenus Actaeon (Lissactaeon) Monterosato, 1890 accepted as Lissactaeon Monterosato, 1890 accepted as Crenilabium Cossmann, 1889 (synonym)
- Species Actaeon (Lissactaeon) orientalis Thiele, 1925 accepted as Crenilabium orientalis (Thiele, 1925) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Subgenus Actaeon (Microglyphis) Dall, 1902 accepted as Microglyphis Dall, 1902 (original rank)
- Species Actaeon (Microglyphis) breviculus Dall, 1902 accepted as Microglyphis brevicula (Dall, 1902) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Actaeon (Microglyphis) estuarinus Dall, 1908 accepted as Microglyphis brevicula (Dall, 1902) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Subgenus Actaeon (Rictaxis) Dall, 1871 accepted as Rictaxis Dall, 1871 (original rank)
- Species Actaeon (Rictaxis) painei Dall, 1903 accepted as Rictaxis painei (Dall, 1903) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Subgenus Actaeon (Solidula) Fischer von Waldheim, 1807 accepted as Pupa Röding, 1798 (unaccepted > junior objective synonym)
- Species Actaeon aequatorialis Thiele, 1925 accepted as Acteon aequatorialis Thiele, 1925 accepted as Metactaeon aequatorialis (Thiele, 1925) (incorrect spelling of genus name)
- Species Actaeon aethiopicus E. von Martens, 1902 accepted as Acteon aethiopicus E. von Martens, 1902 (incorrect spelling of genus name)
- Species Actaeon amabilis R. B. Watson, 1883 accepted as Callostracon amabile (R. B. Watson, 1883) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Actaeon antarcticus Thiele, 1912 accepted as Acteon antarcticus Thiele, 1912 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Actaeon azoricus Locard, 1897 accepted as Inopinodon azoricus (Locard, 1897) (original combination)
- Species Actaeon chariis R. B. Watson, 1883 accepted as Callostracon chariis (R. B. Watson, 1883) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Actaeon cinereus R. B. Watson, 1884 accepted as Pupa affinis (A. Adams, 1855) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Actaeon conicus Thiele, 1925 accepted as Acteon conicus Thiele, 1925 (incorrect spelling of genus name)
- Species Actaeon cratericulatus Hedley, 1906 accepted as Punctacteon cratericulatus (Hedley, 1906) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Actaeon craticulatus Murdoch & Suter, 1906 accepted as Acteon (Maxacteon) cratericulatus (Hedley, 1906) accepted as Maxacteon cratericulatus (Hedley, 1906) accepted as Punctacteon cratericulatus (Hedley, 1906) (superseded combination)
- Species Actaeon cumingii A. Adams, 1855 accepted as Mysouffa cumingii (A. Adams, 1855) (original combination)
- Species Actaeon curtulus Dall, 1890 accepted as Microglyphis curtula (Dall, 1890) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Actaeon danaida Dall, 1881 accepted as Acteon danaida Dall, 1881 (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect original spelling)
- Species Actaeon delicatus Dall, 1889 accepted as Acteon delicatus Dall, 1889 (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect original spelling)
- Species Actaeon dianae A. Adams, 1855 accepted as Leucotina casta (A. Adams, 1853)
- Species Actaeon edentula R. B. Watson, 1883 accepted as Neactaeonina edentula (R. B. Watson, 1883) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Actaeon etheridgii A. Bell, 1870 accepted as Crenilabium exile (Jeffreys, 1870) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Actaeon flammea [sic] accepted as Punctacteon flammeus (Gmelin, 1791) (incorrect gender ending)
- Species Actaeon flammeus (Gmelin, 1791) accepted as Punctacteon flammeus (Gmelin, 1791) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Actaeon fortis Thiele, 1925 accepted as Acteon fortis Thiele, 1925 (incorrect spelling of genus name)
- Species Actaeon fragilis Thiele, 1925 accepted as Acteon fragilis Thiele, 1925 (incorrect spelling of genus name)
- Species Actaeon grimaldii Dautzenberg & H. Fischer, 1896 accepted as Mysouffa turrita (R. B. Watson, 1883) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Actaeon hebes A. E. Verrill, 1885 accepted as Acteon hebes A. E. Verrill, 1885 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Actaeon hopei Vérany, 1853 accepted as Thuridilla hopei (Vérany, 1853)
- Species Actaeon laetus Thiele, 1925 accepted as Acteon laetus Thiele, 1925 (incorrect spelling of genus name)
- Species Actaeon maltzani Dautzenberg, 1910 accepted as Acteon maltzani Dautzenberg, 1910 (original combination)
- Species Actaeon mariae A. Adams, 1855 accepted as Acteon mariae A. Adams, 1855 (original combination)
- Species Actaeon melampoides Dall, 1881 accepted as Acteon melampoides Dall, 1881 (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect original spelling)
- Species Actaeon modestus A. Adams, 1855 accepted as Acteon modestus A. Adams, 1855 (original combination)
- Species Actaeon modestus Thiele, 1925 accepted as Acteon modestus Thiele, 1925 (invalid: junior primary homonym of Actaeon modestus A. Adams, 1855; no replacement name has been proposed.)
- Species Actaeon monterosatoi Dautzenberg, 1889 accepted as Acteon monterosatoi Dautzenberg, 1889
- Species Actaeon nitidus A. E. Verrill, 1882 accepted as Crenilabium exile (Jeffreys, 1870) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Actaeon ovatus Jeffreys, 1880 accepted as Inopinodon azoricus (Locard, 1897) (unaccepted > nomen nudum)
- Species Actaeon perconicus Dall, 1890 accepted as Microglyphis perconica (Dall, 1890)
- Species Actaeon perforatus Dall, 1881 accepted as Acteon perforatus Dall, 1881 (unjustified emendation used for the generic name)
- Species Actaeon pilsbryi Cossmann, 1902 accepted as Pupa affinis (A. Adams, 1855) (unnecessary replacement name for Solidula affinis A. Adams, 1855; not Tornatella affinis G. B. Sowerby, 1836)
- Species Actaeon pudicus A. Adams, 1855 accepted as Acteon pudicus A. Adams, 1855 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Actaeon pulchrior Melvill, 1904 accepted as Gurmatia pulchrior (Melvill, 1904) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Actaeon ringei Strebel, 1905 accepted as Lanayrella ringei (Strebel, 1905) (original combination)
- Species Actaeon roseus Hedley, 1906 accepted as Acteon roseus Hedley, 1906 (superseded combination)
- Species Actaeon secale A. Gould, 1859 accepted as Acteon secale A. Gould, 1859 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Actaeon semisculptus E. A. Smith, 1890 accepted as Acteon semisculptus E. A. Smith, 1890 (incorrect spelling of genus name)
- Species Actaeon senegalensis Maltzan, 1885 accepted as Acteon maltzani Dautzenberg, 1910 (preoccupied by Actaeon senegalensis (Petit de la Saussaye, 1851))
- Species Actaeon tornatilis (Linnaeus, 1758) accepted as Acteon tornatilis (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Species Actaeon turritus R. B. Watson, 1883 accepted as Tomlinula turrita (R. B. Watson, 1883) accepted as Mysouffa turrita (R. B. Watson, 1883) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Actaeon oblongus Menke, 1854 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum, not assessed)
- Species Actaeon reevei E. A. Smith, 1893 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
Ersch J.S., Gruber J.G. (1818). Allgemeine Encyclopädie der Wissenschaften und Künste. Gleditsch, Leipzig., available online at http://resolver.sub.uni-goettingen.de/purl?PPN345284054
page(s): 345 [details]
page(s): 345 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Actaeon Ersch & Gruber, 1818. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=153282 on 2025-05-08
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Ersch J.S., Gruber J.G. (1818). Allgemeine Encyclopädie der Wissenschaften und Künste. Gleditsch, Leipzig., available online at http://resolver.sub.uni-goettingen.de/purl?PPN345284054
page(s): 345 [details]
page(s): 345 [details]
From editor or global species database
Authority Usually attributed to Oken (1815) but this work is rejected and the names therefore not available [details]