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Taxonomy
Family:
ACTEONIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Heterobranchia (Subclass)
> Euthyneura (Infraclass)
> Acteonimorpha (Subterclass)
> Acteonoidea (Superfamily)
> Acteonidae (Family)
> Maxacteon (Genus)
> flammeus (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Acteon (Maxacteon) Rudman, 1971
Synonymised Names:
=Actaeon flammeus (Bruguière, 1789)
=Acteon flammeus (Bruguière, 1789)
=Acteon variegatus (Bruguière, 1789)
=Buccinum flammeum Bruguière, 1789
=Pupa flammea (Gmelin, 1791)
=Solidula flammea (Gmelin, 1791)
=Tornatella flammea (Bruguière, 1789)
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Taxonomy
Family:
ACTEONIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Heterobranchia (Subclass)
> Euthyneura (Infraclass)
> Acteonimorpha (Subterclass)
> Acteonoidea (Superfamily)
> Acteonidae (Family)
> Maxacteon (Genus)
> flammeus (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Acteon (Maxacteon) Rudman, 1971
Synonymised Names:
=Actaeon flammeus (Bruguière, 1789)
=Acteon flammeus (Bruguière, 1789)
=Acteon variegatus (Bruguière, 1789)
=Buccinum flammeum Bruguière, 1789
=Pupa flammea (Gmelin, 1791)
=Solidula flammea (Gmelin, 1791)
=Tornatella flammea (Bruguière, 1789)
Details: Maxacteon flammeus (Bruguière, 1789)
Size/Grows to:
Height 15mm, Width 9mm
Distribution:
Northland east coast. Poor Knights Islands 40 metres. Also Tonga
Geographical Range:
KA
Notes:
Marine
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.268)
  • Feb/1975 Acteon variegatus, Poirieria, 7(6)

Key to Geographical Ranges
NZ Map showing Geographical Ranges
The symbols K.A.C.F.M.An. are used to indicate the geographical range of the species. They have been adopted to give an approximation of the range of each species within New Zealand.
K=
Kermadec Islands
A=
Aupourian - Kaipara Harbour, north around North Cape, encompassing the Three Kings Islands and south to East Cape
C=
Cookian - Lower North Island and the northern part of the South Island
F=
Forsterian - Otago, Fiordland and Stewart Island
M=
Moriorian - Chatham Islands, Pitt Island
An=
Antipodean - Subantarctic Islands of New Zealand
Fw =
Freshwater
L =
Land
N =
North Island
S =
South Island
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil