Family ACTEONIDAE d'Orbigny, 1843

Acteonidae d'Orbigny, A 1842-1843. Paleontologie francaise. Description zoologique et geologique de tousles animaux Mollusques et Rayonnes fossiles de France. Terrains cretaces. Volume 2. Gasteropoda. Paris : Arthus Bertrand pp. 456 + 1 vol. pls 149-256.
Type genus:
Acteon Montfort, 1810.

Introduction

Acteonids have thick shells sculptured with close spirals of punctae, and the spire is short. The animal can retract within the shell and close the aperture with its horny operculum.

General References

Beesley, P.L., Ross, G.J.B. & Wells, A. (eds) 1998. Mollusca: The Southern Synthesis. Fauna of Australia. Melbourne : CSIRO Publishing Vol. 5(Part B) pp. vi–viii, 565–1234.

Burn, R. 2006. A checklist and bibliography of the Opisthobranchia (Mollusca: Gastropoda) of Victoria and the Bass Strait area, south-eastern Australia. Museum Victoria Science Report 10: 1-42

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Genus Acteon Montfort, 1810

Acteon Montfort, P.D. de 1810. Conchyliologie Systematique, et Classification Methodique des Coquilles. Paris : F. Schoell Tome 2 676 + 16 pp. [314].
Type species:
Bulla tornatilis Linnaues, 1758 by original designation.

Distribution

States

New South Wales, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria

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Species Acteon areatus Verco, 1907

Acteon areatus Verco, J.C. 1907. Notes on South Australian marine Mollusca with descriptions of new species. Part VII. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 31: 305-315.

Ecological Descriptors

Marine.

General References

Cotton, B.C. & Godfrey, F.K. 1932. South Australian shells (including descriptions of new genera and species). Part 6. South Australian Naturalist 14(1): 16-44

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Species Acteon dolichoroseus Iredale, 1936

Acteon dolichoroseus Iredale, T. 1936. Australian molluscan notes. No. 2. Records of the Australian Museum 19(5): 267-340, pls 20-24.

Ecological Descriptors

Marine.

General References

Iredale, T. & McMichael, D.F. 1962. A reference list of the marine Mollusca of New South Wales. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 11: 1–109

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Species Acteon fructuosus Iredale, 1936

Acteon fructuosus Iredale, T. 1936. Australian molluscan notes. No. 2. Records of the Australian Museum 19(5): 267-340, pls 20-24 [330,pl. xxxiv, fig. 28].
Type data:
Status unknown, off Green Cape, NSW, 150 m.

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

100–150 m.

Ecological Descriptors

Marine.

General References

Burn, R. 2006. A checklist and bibliography of the Opisthobranchia (Mollusca: Gastropoda) of Victoria and the Bass Strait area, south-eastern Australia. Museum Victoria Science Report 10: 1-42

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Species Acteon insculptus (Reeve, 1842)

Tornatella insculptus Reeve, L. 1842. Monograph of the genus 'Tornatella', a small group of Pectinibranchiate Molluscs of the family Plicacea, including descriptions of seven new species from the collection of H.Cuming Esq. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 10: 58-62.

Generic Combinations

Actaeon insculptus (Reeve, 1842).

Ecological Descriptors

Marine.

General References

Hedley, C. 1910. The marine fauna of Queensland. Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science 12: 329-371 [Date published December] [369]

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Species Acteon retusus Verco, 1907

Actaeon retusus Verco, J.C. 1907. Notes on South Australian marine Mollusca with descriptions of new species. Part VII. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 31: 305-315 [309].
Type data:
Status unknown, off Beachport, SA, 425 m.

Distribution

States

South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

150–200 m.

Ecological Descriptors

Marine.

General References

Burn, R. 2006. A checklist and bibliography of the Opisthobranchia (Mollusca: Gastropoda) of Victoria and the Bass Strait area, south-eastern Australia. Museum Victoria Science Report 10: 1-42

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Species Acteon roseus Hedley, 1906

Acteon roseus Hedley, 1906.

Ecological Descriptors

Marine.

General References

Iredale, T. & McMichael, D.F. 1962. A reference list of the marine Mollusca of New South Wales. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 11: 1–109

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Species Acteon subroseus Iredale, 1936

Acteon subroseus Iredale, T. 1936. Australian molluscan notes. No. 2. Records of the Australian Museum 19(5): 267-340, pls 20-24 [330, pl. xxxiv, fig. 25].
Type data:
Status unknown, off Montague Island, NSW, 130–150 m.

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

100–150 m.

Ecological Descriptors

Marine.

General References

Burn, R. 2006. A checklist and bibliography of the Opisthobranchia (Mollusca: Gastropoda) of Victoria and the Bass Strait area, south-eastern Australia. Museum Victoria Science Report 10: 1-42

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Genus Japonacteon Taki, 1956

Japonacteon Taki, 1956.

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Species Japonacteon suturalis (A. Adams, 1855)

Solidula suturalis Adams, A. 1855. Monographs of Actaeon and Solidula, two genera of gasteropodous Mollusca, from the Cumingian collection. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 22: 58–62.

Generic Combinations

Japonacteon suturalis (A. Adams, 1855).

Ecological Descriptors

Marine.

General References

Hedley, C. 1910. The marine fauna of Queensland. Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science 12: 329-371 [Date published December] [370]

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Genus Maxacteon Rudman, 1971

Maxacteon Rudman, W.B. 1971. The family Acteonidae (Opisthobranchia: Gastropoda) in New Zealand. Journal of the Malacological Society of Australia 2: 205-214 [207-208].
Type species:
Maxacteon hancockia Rudman, 1971 by original designation.

Distribution

States

Western Australia

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Species Maxacteon cratericulatus (Hedley, 1906)

Acteon cratericulatus Hedley, 1906.

Generic Combinations

Maxacteon cratericulatus (Hedley, 1906).

Ecological Descriptors

Marine.

General References

Rudman, W.B. 1971. The family Acteonidae (Opisthobranchia: Gastropoda) in New Zealand. Journal of the Malacological Society of Australia 2: 205-214

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Species Maxacteon flammea (Bruguière, 1789)

Unknown flammea Bruguière, 1789.

Generic Combinations

Maxacteon flammea (Bruguière, 1789).
Acteon variegatus (Bruguière, 1792).

Distribution

States

Western Australia

Ecological Descriptors

Marine.

General References

Wells, F.E. & Bryce, C.W. 1993. Sea Slugs of Western Australia. Perth : Western Australian Museum 184 pp. [21]

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Genus Obrussena Iredale, 1930

Obrussena Iredale, T. 1930. Some notable name changes. The Australian Zoologist 6(2): 175 [175].
Type species:
Obrussa bracteata Iredale, 1925 by original designation.
Obrussa Iredale, T. 1925. Mollusca from the continental shelf of eastern Australia. Records of the Australian Museum 14(4): 243-270 [Date published 9 April] [269] [preocc. Lepidoptera].

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Tasmania

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Species Obrussena bracteata (Iredale, 1925)

Obrussa bracteata Iredale, T. 1925. Mollusca from the continental shelf of eastern Australia. Records of the Australian Museum 14(4): 243-270 [Date published 9 April] [269, pl. 42, fig. 15].
Type data:
Status unknown, 140–150 m off Narrabeen.

Generic Combinations

Obrussena bracteata (Iredale, 1925).

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Tasmania

Extra Distribution Information

140–180 m.

Ecological Descriptors

Marine.

General References

Burn, R. 2006. A checklist and bibliography of the Opisthobranchia (Mollusca: Gastropoda) of Victoria and the Bass Strait area, south-eastern Australia. Museum Victoria Science Report 10: 1-42

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Genus Pupa Röding, 1798

Pupa Röding, P.F. 1798. Museum Boltenianum sive Catalogus cimeliorum e tribus regnis naturae quae olim collegerat Joa. Hamburg : Trappii 199 pp. [Date published September 1798] [110].
Type species:
Pupa griselba Röding, 1798 (=Bulla solidula Linnaeus, 1758) by original designation.

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia

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Species Pupa affinis (A. Adams, 1855)

Solidula affinis Adams, A. 1855. Monographs of Actaeon and Solidula, two genera of gasteropodous Mollusca, from the Cumingian collection. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 22: 58–62 [61].
Type data:
Status unknown, Moreton Bay, QLD.
Buccinulus niveus Angas, G.F. 1871. Descriptions of thirty-four new species of shells from Australia. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1871: 13–20 [12 June 1871] [19, pl. 1, fig. 27].

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

Burn, R. 2006. A checklist and bibliography of the Opisthobranchia (Mollusca: Gastropoda) of Victoria and the Bass Strait area, south-eastern Australia. Museum Victoria Science Report 10: 1-42 [4]

Generic Combinations

Pupa affinis (A. Adams, 1855).

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Tropical and warm temperate Indo-Pacific: 0–50 m.

Ecological Descriptors

Marine.

General References

Burn, R. 2006. A checklist and bibliography of the Opisthobranchia (Mollusca: Gastropoda) of Victoria and the Bass Strait area, south-eastern Australia. Museum Victoria Science Report 10: 1-42 [4]

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Species Pupa coccinata (Reeve, 1842)

Tornatella coccinata Reeve, L. 1842. Monograph of the genus 'Tornatella', a small group of Pectinibranchiate Molluscs of the family Plicacea, including descriptions of seven new species from the collection of H.Cuming Esq. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 10: 58-62.

Generic Combinations

Pupa coccinata (Reeve, 1842).

Ecological Descriptors

Marine.

General References

Hedley, C. 1910. The marine fauna of Queensland. Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science 12: 329-371 [Date published December] [370]

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Species Pupa hyalina Verco, 1907

Pupa hyalina Verco, J.C. 1907. Notes on South Australian marine Mollusca with descriptions of new species. Part VII. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 31: 305-315.

Ecological Descriptors

Marine.

General References

Cotton, B.C. & Godfrey, F.K. 1932. South Australian shells (including descriptions of new genera and species). Part 6. South Australian Naturalist 14(1): 16-44

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Species Pupa intermedia (Angas, 1878)

Unknown intermedia Angas, 1878.

Generic Combinations

Pupa intermedia (Angas, 1878).

Ecological Descriptors

Marine.

General References

Cotton, B.C. & Godfrey, F.K. 1932. South Australian shells (including descriptions of new genera and species). Part 6. South Australian Naturalist 14(1): 16-44

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Species Pupa nitidula (Lamarck, 1816)

Tornatella nitidula Lamarck, 1816.

Generic Combinations

Pupa nitidula (Lamarck, 1816). —
Wägele, H., Burghardt, I., Anthes, N., Evertsen, J., Klussmann-Kolb, A. & Brodie, G. 2006. Species diversity of opisthobranch molluscs on Lizard Island, Great Barrier Reef, Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum, Supplement 69. 33-59 [47]

Distribution

States

Queensland

Ecological Descriptors

Marine.

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Species Pupa solidula Linnaeus, 1758

Pupa solidula Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema naturae per regna tria naturae, secundem classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata. Holmiae : Laurentii Salvii Vol. 1 10 Edn., 824 pp.

Ecological Descriptors

Marine.

General References

Willan, R.C. 2005. The molluscan fauna from the emergent reefs of the northernmost Sahul Shelf, Timor Sea — Ashmore, Cartier and Hibernia Reefs; biodiversity and zoogeography. pp. 51-81 in Russell, B.C. et al. (eds). Understanding the Cultural and Natural Heritage values and Management Challenges of the Ashmore Region. The Beagle, Records of the Museums and Art Galleries of the Northern Territory Suppl. 1: 248 pp. [74]

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Species Pupa sulcata (Gmelin, 1791)

Unknown sulcata Gmelin J.F. 1791. Caroli a Linné. Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Lipsiae : Georg. Emanuel. Beer Vermes. Vol. 1(Part 6) pp. 3021–3910. [officially regarded by the ICZN Opinion 296 (26 Oct 1954) as the 13th edition of Systema Naturae].
Pupa roseomaculata Iredale, 1936.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

Wells, F.E. & Bryce, C.W. 1993. Sea Slugs of Western Australia. Perth : Western Australian Museum 184 pp. [21]

Generic Combinations

Pupa sulcata (Gmelin, 1791).

Distribution

States

Western Australia

Ecological Descriptors

Marine.

General References

Wells, F.E. & Bryce, C.W. 1993. Sea Slugs of Western Australia. Perth : Western Australian Museum 184 pp. [21]

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Species Pupa tragulata Iredale, 1936

Pupa tragulata Iredale, T. 1936. Australian molluscan notes. No. 2. Records of the Australian Museum 19(5): 267-340, pls 20-24 [331, pl. xxiv, fig. 23].
Type data:
Status unknown, off Sydney, NSW, 160–180 m.

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

150–200 m.

Ecological Descriptors

Marine.

General References

Burn, R. 2006. A checklist and bibliography of the Opisthobranchia (Mollusca: Gastropoda) of Victoria and the Bass Strait area, south-eastern Australia. Museum Victoria Science Report 10: 1-42

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Family ACTEONIDAE d'Orbigny, 1843

Type genus:

Introduction

General References

History of changes

Genus Acteon Montfort, 1810

Type species:

Distribution

States

History of changes

Species Acteon areatus Verco, 1907

Ecological Descriptors

General References

History of changes

Species Acteon dolichoroseus Iredale, 1936

Ecological Descriptors

General References

History of changes

Species Acteon fructuosus Iredale, 1936

Type data:

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Extra Distribution Information

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Species Acteon insculptus (Reeve, 1842)

Generic Combinations

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History of changes

Species Acteon retusus Verco, 1907

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Species Acteon roseus Hedley, 1906

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Species Acteon subroseus Iredale, 1936

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Genus Japonacteon Taki, 1956

History of changes

Species Japonacteon suturalis (A. Adams, 1855)

Generic Combinations

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General References

History of changes

Genus Maxacteon Rudman, 1971

Type species:

Distribution

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History of changes

Species Maxacteon cratericulatus (Hedley, 1906)

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Species Maxacteon flammea (Bruguière, 1789)

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History of changes

Genus Obrussena Iredale, 1930

Type species:

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