WoRMS taxon details
Rictaxis painei (Dall, 1903)
581390 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:581390)
accepted
Species
Actaeon (Rictaxis) painei Dall, 1903 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Acteon (Rictaxis) painei Dall, 1903 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Acteon (Rictaxis) painei var. grandior U. S. Grant & Gale, 1931 † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Actaeon (Rictaxis) painei Dall, 1903) Dall, W. H. (1903). Diagnoses of new species of mollusks from the Santa Barbara Channel, California. <em>Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington.</em> 16: 171-176., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2345440
page(s): 172 [details]
page(s): 172 [details]
Type locality contained in Santa Catalina Island
type locality contained in Santa Catalina Island [details]
Distribution Santa Catalina Island, Palos Verdes Peninsula, and Santa Monica Bay, Los Angeles County, California; 27–110 m, rarely to...
Distribution Santa Catalina Island, Palos Verdes Peninsula, and Santa Monica Bay, Los Angeles County, California; 27–110 m, rarely to 327 m. Recent and Middle Pliocene. [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Rictaxis painei (Dall, 1903). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=581390 on 2025-04-04
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Actaeon (Rictaxis) painei Dall, 1903) Dall, W. H. (1903). Diagnoses of new species of mollusks from the Santa Barbara Channel, California. <em>Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington.</em> 16: 171-176., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2345440
page(s): 172 [details]
original description (of Acteon (Rictaxis) painei var. grandior U. S. Grant & Gale, 1931 †) Grant, U. S. & Gale, H. R. (1931). Catalogue of the marine Pliocene and Pleistocene Mollusca of California and adjacent region. <em>Memoirs of the San Diego Society of Natural History.</em> 1: 1036 pp., 32 pls., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2834182
page(s): 444, pl. 24 fig. 12 [details]
basis of record Valdés A. (2019). Northeast Pacific benthic shelled sea slugs. <em>Zoosymposia.</em> 13: 242-304., available online at http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zoosymposia.13.1.21
page(s): 246, fig. 1E [details]
page(s): 172 [details]
original description (of Acteon (Rictaxis) painei var. grandior U. S. Grant & Gale, 1931 †) Grant, U. S. & Gale, H. R. (1931). Catalogue of the marine Pliocene and Pleistocene Mollusca of California and adjacent region. <em>Memoirs of the San Diego Society of Natural History.</em> 1: 1036 pp., 32 pls., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2834182
page(s): 444, pl. 24 fig. 12 [details]
basis of record Valdés A. (2019). Northeast Pacific benthic shelled sea slugs. <em>Zoosymposia.</em> 13: 242-304., available online at http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zoosymposia.13.1.21
page(s): 246, fig. 1E [details]
Other
additional source
Turgeon, D., Quinn, J. F., Bogan, A. E., Coan, E. V., Hochberg, F. G., Lyons, W. G., Mikkelsen, P. M., Neves, R. J., Roper, C. F. E., Rosenberg, G., Roth, B., Scheltema, A., Thompson, F. G., Vecchione, M., Williams, J. D. (1998). Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates from the United States and Canada: mollusks. 2nd ed. <i>American Fisheries Society Special Publication</i>, 26. American Fisheries Society: Bethesda, MD (USA). ISBN 1-888569-01-8. IX, 526 + cd-rom pp. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 117 [details]
page(s): 117 [details]





From editor or global species database
Distribution Santa Catalina Island, Palos Verdes Peninsula, and Santa Monica Bay, Los Angeles County, California; 27–110 m, rarely to 327 m. Recent and Middle Pliocene. [details]