Actinoleuca
Encyclopedia
Actinoleuca is a genus
of sea snail
s or true limpet
s, marine
gastropod molluscs in the family
Lottiidae
.
This is a southern genus and a cold-water genus.
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of sea snail
Snail
Snail is a common name applied to most of the members of the molluscan class Gastropoda that have coiled shells in the adult stage. When the word is used in its most general sense, it includes sea snails, land snails and freshwater snails. The word snail without any qualifier is however more often...
s or true limpet
Limpet
Limpet is a common name for a number of different kinds of saltwater and freshwater snails ; it is applied to those snails that have a simple shell which is more or less conical in shape, and either is not spirally coiled, or appears not to be coiled in the adult snails.The name limpet is most...
s, marine
Marine (ocean)
Marine is an umbrella term. As an adjective it is usually applicable to things relating to the sea or ocean, such as marine biology, marine ecology and marine geology...
gastropod molluscs in the family
Family (biology)
In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...
Lottiidae
Lottiidae
Lottiidae is a family of sea snails, specifically true limpets, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Lottioidea and the clade Patellogastropoda .- 2005 taxonomy :...
.
This is a southern genus and a cold-water genus.
Species
Species within this genus include:- Actinoleuca campbelli campbelliActinoleuca campbelli campbelliActinoleuca campbelli is a species of sea snail or true limpet, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Lottiidae, one family of true limpets.-Subspecies:Subspecies within this species include:* Actinoleuca campbelli bountyensis...
(FilholHenri FilholHenri Filhol was a French medical doctor, malacologist and naturalist. He served as the expedition doctor and naturalist on the French 1874 Transit of Venus expedition to Campbell Island, New Zealand, with a peak on the island, Filhol Peak, being named after him...
, 1880) - Actinoleuca campbelli bountyensisActinoleuca campbelli bountyensisActinoleuca campbelli bountyensis is a subspecies of sea snail or true limpet, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Lottiidae.-References:* Powell A. W. B., William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1...
PowellArthur William Baden PowellDr Arthur William Baden Powell CBE was a New Zealand malacologist, naturalist and palaeontologist, a major influence in the study and classification of New Zealand molluscs through much of the twentieth century. He was known to his friends and family by his third name, "Baden".Powell was born at...
, 1955 - Actinoleuca campbelli macquariensisActinoleuca campbelli macquariensisActinoleuca campbelli macquariensis is a subspecies of sea snail or true limpet, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Lottiidae, one family of true limpets.-References:...
(HedleyCharles HedleyCharles Hedley was a naturalist, active in Australia and winner of the 1925 Clarke Medal.-Early life:...
,1916)