Maxacteon hancocki

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Acteonoidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Spiralia Cladus: Lophotrochozoa Phylum: Mollusca Classis: Gastropoda Subclassis: Heterobranchia Infraclassis: Euthyneura Cohors: Acteonimorpha Superfamilia: Acteonoidea

Familia: Acteonidae
Genus: Maxacteon
Species: Maxacteon hancocki

Name

• Maxacteon hancocki Rudman, 1971
  • Authority for current placement: original
  • Current status: valid species
  • Original combination(s)/spelling(s): Maxacteon hancocki
  • Original genus: Maxacteon Rudman, 1971
  • Original status: valid species
  • Primary type: holotype
    • Fixation: designated
    • Description: 'shell measuring 6 mm x 3.2 mm'
    • Repository: MONZ, as 'Dominion Museum, Wellington', 'M. 24085'
  • Type locality: '67 m, west of Deep Water Cove at the entrance to the Bay of Islands'
  • ZooBank

Synonyms

• Acteon hancocki

References

Primary references

• Rudman, W.B. 1971. The family Acteonidae (Opisthobranchia, Gastropoda) in New Zealand. Journal of the Malacological Society of Australia 2(2): 205–214, plate 19. Reference page.  [first availability, see p. 208, and Pl. 19, E-F; Fig. 1A, 2D]

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