MolluscaBase taxon details
Punctacteon flammeus (Gmelin, 1791)
1662918 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1662918)
accepted
Species
Actaeon flammea [sic] · unaccepted (incorrect gender ending)
Actaeon flammeus (Gmelin, 1791) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Acteon flammea [sic] · unaccepted (incorrect gender ending)
Acteon flammeus (Gmelin, 1791) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Maxacteon flammeus (Gmelin, 1791) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Pupa flammea (Gmelin, 1791) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Solidula flammea (Gmelin, 1791) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Tornatella flammea (Gmelin, 1791) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Voluta flammea Gmelin, 1791 · unaccepted > superseded combination
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Voluta flammea Gmelin, 1791) Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Caroli a Linné Systema Naturae, ed. 13. Tome 1(6). Vermes. G. E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 3021-3910. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#5
page(s): 3435 [details]
page(s): 3435 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Punctacteon flammeus (Gmelin, 1791). Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1662918 on 2026-02-23
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original description
(of Voluta flammea Gmelin, 1791) Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Caroli a Linné Systema Naturae, ed. 13. Tome 1(6). Vermes. G. E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 3021-3910. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#5
page(s): 3435 [details]
page(s): 3435 [details]
Present
Inaccurate
Introduced: alien
Containing type locality
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Acteon flammeus (Gmelin, 1791))
To Malacopics (Punctacteon flammeus (Gmelin, 1791) Mauritius, ex coll. J.G.B. Nieuwenhuis)
To Malacopics (Punctacteon flammeus (Gmelin, 1791) Philippines, Mimaropa, Palawan, Balabac Island,...
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Pupa flammea (Gmelin, 1791))
To Malacopics (Punctacteon flammeus (Gmelin, 1791) Mauritius, ex coll. J.G.B. Nieuwenhuis)
To Malacopics (Punctacteon flammeus (Gmelin, 1791) Philippines, Mimaropa, Palawan, Balabac Island,...
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Pupa flammea (Gmelin, 1791))