''Macteola'' is a genus of

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gastropod The gastropods (), commonly known as snails and slugs, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda (). This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, from freshwater, and from land. T ...

mollusks in the family Mangeliidae.Bouchet, P. (2011). Macteola Hedley, 1918. In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=432493 on 2017-08-07

Description

This name is proposed for a genus of the Mangiliinae, in which the aperture has not acquired armature, and in which the lip is not flexed. Prominent radial ribs are over-ridden by fine beaded spiral threads. The apex is

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(i.e. with a small pointed projection, or spine-like ending), with smooth

whorl A whorl ( or ) is an individual circle, oval, volution or equivalent in a whorled pattern, which consists of a spiral or multiple concentric objects (including circles, ovals and arcs). Whorls in nature File:Photograph and axial plane floral ...

s. Characteristic is a colour scheme of a peripheral zone of brown or black or orange, sometimes broken into a series of dots or clashes. Hedley, C. 1922. A revision of the Australian Turridae. Records of the Australian Museum 13(6): 213-359, pls 42-56

Species

Species within the genus ''Macteola'' include: * ''

Macteola anomala ''Macteola anomala'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.WoRMS (2009). Macteola anomala (Angas, 1877). In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespe ...

'' (Angas, 1877) * '' Macteola biconica'' Stahlschmidt, Poppe & Tagaro, 2015 * '' Macteola chinoi'' Stahlschmidt, Fraussen & Kilburn, 2012 * ''

Macteola interrupta ''Macteola interrupta'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Mangeliidae.WoRMS (2009). Macteola interrupta (Reeve, 1846). In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.m ...

'' (Reeve, 1846) * '' Macteola miresculpta'' (Bozzetti, 2020) * ''

Macteola theskela ''Macteola theskela'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.WoRMS (2009). Macteola theskela. In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aph ...

'' (Melvill & Standen, 1895) ;Species brought into synonymy: * ''Macteola bella'' W.H. Pease, 1860: synonym of ''Macteola interrupta'' (L.A. Reeve, 1846) * ''Macteola cinctura'' C. Hedley, 1922: synonym of ''Macteola segesta cinctura'' C. Hedley, 1922 * ''Macteola gemmulata'' G.P. Deshayes, 1863: synonym of ''Macteola interrupta'' (L.A. Reeve, 1846) * ''Macteola sandersonae'' (Bucknill, 1927): synonym of ''

Neoguraleus sandersonae ''Neoguraleus sandersonae'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.Marshall, B. (2016). Neoguraleus sandersonae (Bucknill, 1927). In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species ...

'' (Bucknill, 1927) * ''Macteola segesta'' (Duclos, 1850): synonym of ''

'' (Reeve, 1846)

References

External links

Hedley, 1918; A checklist of the marine fauna of New South Wales. Part 1.; Journal of the Royal Society of New South Wales, supplement to vol. 51: 79, 82

Bouchet, P.; Kantor, Y. I.; Sysoev, A.; Puillandre, N. (2011). ''A new operational classification of the Conoidea.'' Journal of Molluscan Studies. 77, 273-308

Tucker, J.K. 2004 ''Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)''. Zootaxa 682:1-1295.

MNHN: Macteola sp.
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