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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)
> hancocki (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Acteon (Maxacteon) Rudman, 1971
Synonymised Names:
=Acteon (Maxacteon) hancocki (Rudman, 1971)
Images: Maxacteon hancocki Rudman, 1971
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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)
> hancocki (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Acteon (Maxacteon) Rudman, 1971
Synonymised Names:
=Acteon (Maxacteon) hancocki (Rudman, 1971)
Details: Maxacteon hancocki Rudman, 1971
Size/Grows to:
Height 6mm, Width 3.2mm
Distribution:
North Island, Bay of Islands
Geographical Range:
A
Notes:
Marine, Native - Endemic
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • 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.208) Original Description

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