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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)
> cratericulatus (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Acteon (Maxacteon) Rudman, 1971
Synonymised Names:
=Actaeon cratericulatus Hedley, 1906
=Actaeon craticulatus Murdoch & Suter, 1906
=Acteon (Maxacteon) cratericulatus (Hedley, 1906)
Images: Maxacteon cratericulatus (Hedley, 1906)
Holotype of Actaeon craticulatus Murdoch & Suter, 1906, collected 22 Jan 1904, E of Great Barrier Island, NZ (M.001733). 10mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Taxonomy
Family:
ACTEONIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Heterobranchia (Subclass)
> Euthyneura (Infraclass)
> Acteonimorpha (Subterclass)
> Acteonoidea (Superfamily)
> Acteonidae (Family)
> Maxacteon (Genus)
> cratericulatus (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Acteon (Maxacteon) Rudman, 1971
Synonymised Names:
=Actaeon cratericulatus Hedley, 1906
=Actaeon craticulatus Murdoch & Suter, 1906
=Acteon (Maxacteon) cratericulatus (Hedley, 1906)
Details: Maxacteon cratericulatus (Hedley, 1906)
Size/Grows to:
Height 16mm, Width 9.5mm
Distribution:
Northland to Mahia, and off Kapiti Island. In shell sand and dredged to at least 40 metres
Geographical Range:
AC
Notes:
Marine, Native - Endemic
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Morley, M.S., Hayward, B.W., Raven, J.L., Foreman, G.A., Grenfell, H.R. 2006 Intertidal and shallow subtidal biota of Mahia Peninsula, Hawkes Bay, Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum, 43 (p.31)
  • Gardner, N.W. Aug/1979 Acteonidae in New Zealand - Species of the Genera Pupa and Acteon, Poirieria, 10(3) (p.38)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.268)
  • Rudman, W.B. 1971 The Family Acteonidae (Opisthobranchia, Gastropoda) In New Zealand, Journal of the Malacological Society of Australia, 2(2) (p.206)
  • Hedley, C. 1906 Studies on Australian Mollusca. Part IX, Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales, 30 (p.536) Original Description

*98 © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)

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