WoRMS taxon details
Punctacteon Kuroda & T. Habe, 1961
716735 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:716735)
accepted
Genus
Tornatella fabreana Crosse, 1873 accepted as Punctacteon fabreanus (Crosse, 1873) (type by original designation)
Acteon (Maxacteon) Rudman, 1971 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Maxacteon Rudman, 1971 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
- Species Punctacteon amakusaensis T. Habe, 1961
- Species Punctacteon cratericulatus (Hedley, 1906)
- Species Punctacteon eloiseae (Abbott, 1973)
- Species Punctacteon fabreanus (Crosse, 1873)
- Species Punctacteon flammeus (Gmelin, 1791)
- Species Punctacteon hancocki (Rudman, 1971)
- Species Punctacteon kajiyamai T. Habe, 1976
- Species Punctacteon kawamurai (T. Habe, 1952)
- Species Punctacteon kirai (T. Habe, 1949)
- Species Punctacteon mactanensis Poppe & Tagaro, 2023
- Species Punctacteon magnificus Poppe & Tagaro, 2023
- Species Punctacteon milleri (Rudman, 1971)
- Species Punctacteon subincisus (Okutani, 1968)
- Species Punctacteon teramachii (T. Habe, 1950)
- Species Punctacteon variegatus (Bruguière, 1789)
- Species Punctacteon yamamurae T. Habe, 1976
- Species Punctacteon magnifica Poppe & Tagaro, 2023 accepted as Punctacteon magnificus Poppe & Tagaro, 2023 (unaccepted > incorrect grammatical agreement of specific epithet)
- Species Punctacteon sagamiensis (Kuroda & T. Habe, 1971) accepted as Obrussena sagamiensis (Kuroda & T. Habe, 1971) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
Habe, T. (1961). <i>Coloured illustrations of the shells of Japan</i> (II). Hoikusha, Osaka. xii + 183 + 42 pp., 66 pls. xii + 183 + 42 pp., 66 pl.
page(s): Appendix p. 31, 87, pl. 42, fig.1 [details]
page(s): Appendix p. 31, 87, pl. 42, fig.1 [details]
Taxonomic remark Punctacteon and Maxacteon are considered synonymous by Valdés, 2008. He repeats Rudman, 1971 that Punctacteon is invalid,...
Taxonomic remark Punctacteon and Maxacteon are considered synonymous by Valdés, 2008. He repeats Rudman, 1971 that Punctacteon is invalid, but it is regarded as valid by Callomon & Petit, 2004 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Punctacteon Kuroda & T. Habe, 1961. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=716735 on 2026-09-18
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Nomenclature
original description
Habe, T. (1961). <i>Coloured illustrations of the shells of Japan</i> (II). Hoikusha, Osaka. xii + 183 + 42 pp., 66 pls. xii + 183 + 42 pp., 66 pl.
page(s): Appendix p. 31, 87, pl. 42, fig.1 [details]
original description (of Maxacteon Rudman, 1971) Rudman, W. B. (1971). The family Acteonidae (Opisthobranchia, Gastropoda) in New Zealand. <em>Journal of the Malacological Society of Australia.</em> 2: 205–214., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00852988.1971.10673853
page(s): 207 [details]
basis of record Higo, S.; Callomon, P.; Goto, Y. (1999). Catalogue and Bibliography of the Marine Shell-Bearing Mollusca of Japan. Elle Scientific Publications, Yao, Japan, 749 pp. [details] Available for editors
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page(s): Appendix p. 31, 87, pl. 42, fig.1 [details]
original description (of Maxacteon Rudman, 1971) Rudman, W. B. (1971). The family Acteonidae (Opisthobranchia, Gastropoda) in New Zealand. <em>Journal of the Malacological Society of Australia.</em> 2: 205–214., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00852988.1971.10673853
page(s): 207 [details]
basis of record Higo, S.; Callomon, P.; Goto, Y. (1999). Catalogue and Bibliography of the Marine Shell-Bearing Mollusca of Japan. Elle Scientific Publications, Yao, Japan, 749 pp. [details] Available for editors
[request]Other
additional source
Callomon, P.; Petit, R. E. (2004). Tadashige Habe's 'Coloured Illistrations of the Shells of Japan (II)' and 'Shells of the Western Pacific in Color col. 2': comparison of printings and treatments of included taxa. <em>Venus, Supplement.</em> 3: 1-59.
page(s): 40 [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 40 [details] Available for editors
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Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Taxonomic remark Punctacteon and Maxacteon are considered synonymous by Valdés, 2008. He repeats Rudman, 1971 that Punctacteon is invalid, but it is regarded as valid by Callomon & Petit, 2004 [details]
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Maxacteon) (from synonym Maxacteon Rudman, 1971)
To Genbank (from synonym Maxacteon Rudman, 1971)
To Genbank (from synonym Maxacteon Rudman, 1971)
