Maxacteon

Maxacteon
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Heterobranchia
informal group Lower Heterobranchia
Superfamily: Acteonoidea
Family: Acteonidae
Genus: Maxacteon
Rudman, 1971
Type species
Maxacteon hancocki Rudman, 1971
Synonyms

Acteon (Maxacteon) Rudman, 1971

Maxacteon is a genus of small predatory sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Acteonidae, the barrel bubble snails. [1]

Species

Species within the genus Maxacteon include:

References

This article incorporates public domain text from the reference.[2]

  1. Bouchet, P.; Rosenberg, G. (2015). Maxacteon Rudman, 1971. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=599179 on 2016-05-22
  2. "Family summary for Acteonidae". AnimalBase, last change 25-10-2007, accessed 3 August 2010


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