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.
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]
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. Venus, Supplement 3, 1-59.
page(s): 40 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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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]