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Taxonomy
Family:
TORNATINIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Heterobranchia (Subclass)
> Euthyneura (Infraclass)
> Tectipleura (Subterclass)
> Cephalaspidea (Order)
> Bulloidea (Superfamily)
> Tornatinidae (Family)
> Acteocina (Genus)
> gracilis (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Acteocina (Acteocina) Gray, 1847
=Bulla (Tornatina) A. Adams, 1850
=Didontoglossa Annandale, 1924
=Tornatina A. Adams, 1850
=Utriculastra Thiele, 1925
=Utriculastra (Tornastra) Ev. Marcus, 1977
=Utriculastra (Utriculastra) Thiele, 1925
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Taxonomy
Family:
TORNATINIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Heterobranchia (Subclass)
> Euthyneura (Infraclass)
> Tectipleura (Subterclass)
> Cephalaspidea (Order)
> Bulloidea (Superfamily)
> Tornatinidae (Family)
> Acteocina (Genus)
> gracilis (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Acteocina (Acteocina) Gray, 1847
=Bulla (Tornatina) A. Adams, 1850
=Didontoglossa Annandale, 1924
=Tornatina A. Adams, 1850
=Utriculastra Thiele, 1925
=Utriculastra (Tornastra) Ev. Marcus, 1977
=Utriculastra (Utriculastra) Thiele, 1925
Details: Acteocina gracilis (A. Adams, 1850)
Distribution:
Kermadec Islands (Raoul), from 20-146m
Notes:
Marine, Native - Non-endemic
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References and Publications
  • Brook, F.J., Marshall, B.A. 1998 The coastal molluscan fauna of the northern Kermadec Islands, southwest Pacific Ocean, Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 28 (p.231)
  • Adams, A. 1850 Monograph of the family Bullidae. In G. B. Sowerby II (ed.), Thesaurus conchyliorum, or monographs of genera of shells, 2(11) (p.553) Original Description

NZ Geographical Regions
Key to symbols used in Checklist.
Fw =
Freshwater
L =
Land
N =
North Island
S =
South Island
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil