Maxacteon hancocki

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Acteonoidea
Main Page Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Animalia Phylum: Mollusca Classis: Gastropoda Subclassis: Orthogastropoda Superordo: Heterobranchia Informal Group: Opisthobranchia Subordo: Architectibranchia Superfamilia: Acteonoidea

Familia: Acteonidae
Genus: Maxacteon
Species: Maxacteon hancocki

Name

• Maxacteon hancocki Rudman, 1971
  • Authority for current placement: original
  • Current status: valid species
  • Gender: unchangeable
  • 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

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]

Selected links

• Sea Slug Forum