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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)
> decorata (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
Synonymised Names:
=Acteocina voluta (Quoy & Gaimard, 1833)
=Bulla voluta Quoy & Gaimard, 1833
=Retusa gaimardi Finlay, 1927
=Tornatina decorata Pilsbry, 1904
=Tornatina gaimardi (Finlay, 1927)
=Tornatina sumatrana Thiele, 1925
=Tornatina voluta (Quoy & Gaimard, 1833)
Images: Acteocina decorata (Pilsbry, 1904)
Holotype, collected by Y.Hirase 1904, Japan (85985)
Taxonomy
Family:
TORNATINIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Heterobranchia (Subclass)
> Euthyneura (Infraclass)
> Tectipleura (Subterclass)
> Cephalaspidea (Order)
> Bulloidea (Superfamily)
> Tornatinidae (Family)
> Acteocina (Genus)
> decorata (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
Synonymised Names:
=Acteocina voluta (Quoy & Gaimard, 1833)
=Bulla voluta Quoy & Gaimard, 1833
=Retusa gaimardi Finlay, 1927
=Tornatina decorata Pilsbry, 1904
=Tornatina gaimardi (Finlay, 1927)
=Tornatina sumatrana Thiele, 1925
=Tornatina voluta (Quoy & Gaimard, 1833)
Details: Acteocina decorata (Pilsbry, 1904)
Distribution:
Japan, Kermadec Islands
Geographical Range:
K
Notes:
Marine
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Valdés, Á. 2008 Deep-sea 'cephalaspidean' heterobranchs (Gastropoda) from the tropical southwest Pacific. In Héros, V., Cowie, R.H. & Bouchet, P. (eds), Tropical Deep-Sea Benthos 25, Mémoires du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, 196 (p.706)
  • Pilsbry, H.A. 1904 New Japanese marine Mollusca: Gastropoda., Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 56 (p.37) 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
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