Maxacteon

Updated on Nov 30, 2023

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Kingdom Animalia Class Gastropoda Family Acteonidae		Phylum Mollusca Superfamily Acteonoidea Rank Genus
Similar Acteon, Acteonidae, Micromelo guamensis, Aplustrum amplustre, Acteonoidea

Maxacteon is a genus of small predatory sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Acteonidae, the barrel bubble snails.

Species

Species within the genus Maxacteon include:

Maxacteon cratericulatus Hedley, 1906

Distribution : New Zealand

Maxacteon fabreanus (= Acteon fabreanus) Crosse, 1874

Distribution : Philippines

Length : 17–30 mm

Description : white shell with five whorls, each whorl filled with lightbrown bands covering the many spirals of each whorl.

Maxacteon flammeus (= Acteon flammeus) Gmelin, 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)

References

Maxacteon Wikipedia

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