Macteola segesta

Macteola segesta
	Original image of a shell of Macteola segesta cinctura
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Mangeliidae
Genus:	Macteola
Species:	M. segesta
Binomial name
	Macteola segesta; (Duclos, P.L. in Chenu, J.C., 1850)
Synonyms
	Columbella segesta Duclos, 1850 (original combination)

Macteola segesta is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.^[1]

There is one variety : Macteola segesta cinctura Hedley, 1922

Description

The length of the shell varies between 4 mm and 6 mm.

The variety Macteola segesta cinctura is characterized by rather more prominent ribs, and by a girdle of solid black which replaces the usual zone of short broken spiral lines.^[2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Queensland, Australia, New Caledonia and Mauritius.

References

^ ^a ^b WoRMS (2009). Macteola segesta (Duclos, 1850). In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=434316 on 2017-08-08
^ Hedley, C. 1922. A revision of the Australian Turridae. Records of the Australian Museum 13(6): 213-359, pls 42-56 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

External links

"Macteola segesta". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1-1295.

[WoRMS-1] WoRMS (2009). Macteola segesta (Duclos, 1850). In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=434316 on 2017-08-08

[2] Hedley, C. 1922. A revision of the Australian Turridae. Records of the Australian Museum 13(6): 213-359, pls 42-56 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

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