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Acteocina J. E. Gray, 1847

AphiaID

137866 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:137866)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Type taxon

Acteon wetherelli I. Lea, 1833 † accepted as Acteocina canaliculata (Say, 1826) (type by original designation)

Parent

Tornatinidae P. Fischer, 1883

Original name

Acteocina J. E. Gray, 1847

Synonymised names

Actaeocina [sic] · unaccepted (misspelling)

Acteocina (Acteocina) J. E. Gray, 1847 · alternative representation

Alicula Eichwald, 1830 † · unaccepted > nomen oblitum

Bulla (Tornatina) A. Adams, 1850 · unaccepted

Bullina (Tornatina) A. Adams, 1850 · unaccepted

Didontoglossa Annandale, 1924 · unaccepted (synonym)

Neoacteocina Kuroda & Habe, 1952 · unaccepted (Not available: no diagnosis)

Tomatina [sic] · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling

Tornatina A. Adams, 1850 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Utriculastra Thiele, 1925 · unaccepted (synonym)

Utriculastra (Tornastra) Ev. Marcus, 1977 · unaccepted (synonym)

Utriculastra (Utriculastra) Thiele, 1925 · unaccepted

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Species Acteocina androyensis Bozzetti, 2009
Species Acteocina apicina (A. Gould, 1859)
Species Acteocina apiculata (Tate, 1879)
Species Acteocina atrata P. S. Mikkelsen & P. M. Mikkelsen, 1984
Species Acteocina beatrix T. Cossignani & Lorenz, 2021
Species Acteocina bermudensis (Vanatta, 1901)
Species Acteocina bullata (Kiener, 1834)
Species Acteocina canaliculata (Say, 1826)
Species Acteocina candei (A. d'Orbigny, 1841)
Species Acteocina capitata (Pilsbry, 1895)
Species Acteocina cerealis (A. Gould, 1853)
Species Acteocina conspicua (Preston, 1908)
Species Acteocina crithodes (Melvill & Standen, 1901)
Species Acteocina culcitella (A. Gould, 1853)
Species Acteocina decorata (Pilsbry, 1904)
Species Acteocina decurrens (A. E. Verrill & K. J. Bush, 1900)
Species Acteocina estriata (Preston, 1914)
Species Acteocina eumicra (Crosse, 1865)
Species Acteocina exilis (Dunker, 1860)
Species Acteocina exserta (Hedley, 1903)
Species Acteocina fusiformis (A. Adams, 1850)
Species Acteocina gordonis (Yokoyama, 1927)
Species Acteocina gracilis (A. Adams, 1850)
Species Acteocina hadfieldi (Melvill & Standen, 1896)
Species Acteocina harpa (Dall, 1871)
Species Acteocina inconspicua (H. Adams, 1872)
Species Acteocina inconspicua Olsson & McGinty, 1958 (accepted > unreplaced junior homonym, not Acteocina inconspicua (H. Adams, 1872))
Species Acteocina inculta (A. Gould, 1855)
Species Acteocina infrequens (C. B. Adams, 1852)
Species Acteocina interrogens Gofas & Luque, 2021
Species Acteocina involuta (G. Nevill & H. Nevill, 1871)
Species Acteocina isselii (Pilsbry, 1895)
Species Acteocina janae T. Cossignani & Lorenz, 2020
Species Acteocina kesenensis (Nomura & Hatai, 1935)
Species Acteocina knockeri (E. A. Smith, 1872)
Species Acteocina koyasensis (Yokoyama, 1927)
Species Acteocina kristenseni De Jong & Coomans, 1988
Species Acteocina lata Á. Valdés, 2008
Species Acteocina lepta Woodring, 1928
Species Acteocina liratispira (E. A. Smith, 1872)
Species Acteocina malayensis (Thiele, 1925)
Species Acteocina mucronata (R. A. Philippi, 1849)
Species Acteocina nanshanensis G.-Y. Lin, 1991
Species Acteocina nitens (Thiele, 1925)
Species Acteocina oldroydi Dall, 1925
Species Acteocina olivaeformis (Issel, 1869)
Species Acteocina orientalis G.-Y. Lin, 1983
Species Acteocina ovalis (Thiele, 1925)
Species Acteocina parviplica (Dall, 1894)
Species Acteocina perplicata (Dall, 1889)
Species Acteocina protracta (Dautzenberg, 1889)
Species Acteocina recta (A. d'Orbigny, 1841)
Species Acteocina rosariae T. Cossignani, 2020
Species Acteocina sandwicensis (Pease, 1860)
Species Acteocina scalarina (Thiele, 1925)
Species Acteocina simplex (A. Adams, 1850)
Species Acteocina singaporensis (Pilsbry, 1895)
Species Acteocina smithi Bartsch, 1915
Species Acteocina tohokuensis (Nomura, 1939)
Species Acteocina townsendi (Melvill, 1898)
Species Acteocina truncatoides (Nomura, 1939)
Subgenus Acteocina (Decorifer) Iredale, 1937 accepted as Decorifer Iredale, 1937 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
1. Species Acteocina (Decorifer) insignis (Pilsbry, 1904) accepted as Decorifer insignis (Pilsbry, 1904) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Subgenus Acteocina (Truncacteocina) Kuroda & T. Habe, 1955 accepted as Truncacteocina Kuroda & T. Habe, 1955 (unaccepted > superseded rank)
1. Species Acteocina (Truncacteocina) oryzaella T. Habe, 1956 accepted as Truncacteocina oryzaella (T. Habe, 1956) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
2. Species Acteocina (Truncacteocina) oyamai Kuroda & T. Habe, 1954 accepted as Truncacteocina arata (R. B. Watson, 1883) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
3. Species Acteocina (Truncacteocina) nanshanensis G.-Y. Lin, 1991 represented as Acteocina nanshanensis G.-Y. Lin, 1991
Species Acteocina agulhasensis (Thiele, 1925) accepted as Cylichnella agulhasensis (Thiele, 1925)
Species Acteocina angustior F. Baker & G. D. Hanna, 1927 accepted as Acteocina infrequens (C. B. Adams, 1852)
Species Acteocina bidentata (A. d'Orbigny, 1841) accepted as Cylichnella bidentata (A. d'Orbigny, 1841) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Acteocina biplex (A. Adams, 1850) accepted as Truncacteocina biplex (A. Adams, 1850)
Species Acteocina carinata (P. P. Carpenter, 1857) accepted as Acteocina inculta (A. Gould, 1855)
Species Acteocina coarctata (A. Adams, 1850) accepted as Truncacteocina coarctata (A. Adams, 1850)
Species Acteocina eximia (Baird, 1863) accepted as Acteocina cerealis (A. Gould, 1853)
Species Acteocina hawaiensis Pilsbry, 1921 accepted as Truncacteocina hawaiensis (Pilsbry, 1921) (original combination)
Species Acteocina insignis (Pilsbry, 1904) accepted as Decorifer insignis (Pilsbry, 1904) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Acteocina intermedia Willett, 1928 accepted as Acteocina eximia (Baird, 1863) accepted as Acteocina cerealis (A. Gould, 1853)
Species Acteocina magdalenensis Dall, 1919 accepted as Acteocina infrequens (C. B. Adams, 1852)
Species Acteocina matusimana (Nomura, 1940) accepted as Decorifer matusimanus (Nomura, 1940)
Species Acteocina minuscula W. H. Turton, 1932 accepted as Cylichnella minuscula (W. H. Turton, 1932) (original combination)
Species Acteocina natalensis Barnard, 1963 accepted as Acteocina fusiformis (A. Adams, 1850)
Species Acteocina oryza (Totten, 1835) accepted as Cylichnella oryza (Totten, 1835)
Species Acteocina oryzaella T. Habe, 1956 accepted as Truncacteocina oryzaella (T. Habe, 1956) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Acteocina smirna Dall, 1919 accepted as Acteocina inculta (A. Gould, 1855)
Species Acteocina voluta (Quoy & Gaimard, 1833) accepted as Acteocina decorata (Pilsbry, 1904)
Subgenus Acteocina (Acteocina) J. E. Gray, 1847 represented as Acteocina J. E. Gray, 1847
Species Acteocina honoluluensis Pilsbry, 1917 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
Species Acteocina pontica Grossu, 1986 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Grammatical gender

feminine

Original description

Gray, J. E. (1847). A list of the genera of recent Mollusca, their synonyma and types. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. (1847) 15: 129-219. [November 1847]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12862913
page(s): 160 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Acteocina J. E. Gray, 1847. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137866 on 2025-07-12

Taxonomic edit history

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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

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Gofas, Serge

2006-04-04 07:14:05Z

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Vandepitte, Leen

2010-10-02 22:08:23Z

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Rosenberg, Gary

2014-10-14 19:15:49Z

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Bouchet, Philippe

2015-05-22 16:30:36Z

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Bouchet, Philippe

2018-04-03 03:31:56Z

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Bouchet, Philippe

2019-03-26 17:34:40Z

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Bouchet, Philippe

2022-04-07 00:49:46Z

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Auffenberg, Kurt

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Nomenclature

original description Gray, J. E. (1847). A list of the genera of recent Mollusca, their synonyma and types. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. (1847) 15: 129-219. [November 1847]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12862913
page(s): 160 [details]

original description (of Tornatina A. Adams, 1850) Adams, A. (1850). Monograph of the family Bullidae. In G. B. Sowerby II (ed.), Thesaurus conchyliorum, or monographs of genera of shells. Vol. 2 (11): 553-608, pls 119-125. London, privately published. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43936916
page(s): 554-555. [details]

original description (of Alicula Eichwald, 1830 †) Eichwald, E. (1830). Naturhistorische Skizze von Lithuanien, Volhynien und Podolien in geognostisch-mineralogischer, botanischer und zoologischer Hinsicht. Wilna [Vilnius], Zawadzki. 256 p., 3 pl., available online at https://reader.digitale-sammlungen.de/de/fs1/object/display/bsb10691419_00005.html
page(s): 214 [details]

original description (of Utriculastra (Tornastra) Ev. Marcus, 1977) Marcus, Ev. (1977). On the genus Tornatina and related forms. The Journal of Molluscan Studies. 43, Suppl. 2: 1-35., available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordjournals.mollus.a065388
page(s): 5, 19 [details]

original description (of Didontoglossa Annandale, 1924) Annandale, T. N. (1924). Fauna of the Chilka Lake. Mollusca Gastropoda (revision). Memoirs of the Indian Museum. 5(12): 853-873., available online at http://faunaofindia.nic.in/PDFVolumes/memoirs/005/12/0853-0873.pdf
page(s): 871 [details]

original description (of Neoacteocina Kuroda & Habe, 1952) Kuroda T. & Habe T. 1952. Check list and bibliography of the Recent marine Mollusca of Japan. Leo W. Stach, Tokyo. 210 pp
page(s): 71 [details]

basis of record Golikov, A. N.; Kussakin, O. G. (1978). Shell-bearing gastropods of the intertidal zone of the seas of the USSR. [Голиков А.Н., Кусакин О.Г. 1978. Раковинные брюхоногие моллюски литорали морей СССР. Определители по фауне СССР, издаваемые Зоологическим институтом АН СССР, 116: 292 с.]. Opredeliteli po faune SSSR, izdavayemye Zoologicheskim Institutom AN SSSR. 116: 1-292 [In Russian]., available online at http://ashipunov.info/shipunov/school/books/golikov1978_rakov_brjukh_litorali_morei_sssr.djvu
page(s): 217 [details]

Other

context source (PeRMS) Ramírez, R.; Paredes, C.; Arenas, J. (2003). Moluscos del Perú. Revista de Biologia Tropical. 51(supplement 3): 225-284. [details] Available for editors

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additional source Valdés, Á. (2008). Deep-sea "cephalaspidean" heterobranchs (Gastropoda) from the tropical southwest Pacific. In: Héros, V. et al. (eds) Tropical Deep-Sea Benthos 25. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle. 196: 587-792. (look up in IMIS) [details]

additional source Strong, A. M. (1921). Notes on genus Acteocina, Gray. The Nautilus. 35(2): 44-48., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1712064 [details]

additional source Dall, W. H. (1922). Note on Acteocina. The Nautilus. 35(3): 96., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1712134 [details]

additional source Strong, A. M. (1922). Notes on Acteocina. The Nautilus. 35(4): 122-123., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1712162 [details]