Macteola

Macteola
	Shells of Macteola segesta (museum specimen at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Mangeliidae
Genus:	Macteola; Hedley, 1918
Type species
	Purpura (Cronia) anomala Angas, 1877;
Species
	See text

Macteola is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Mangeliidae.^[1]

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 mucronate (i.e. with a small pointed projection, or spine-like ending), with smooth whorls. Characteristic is a colour scheme of a peripheral zone of brown or black or orange, sometimes broken into a series of dots or clashes.^[2]

Species

Species within the genus Macteola include:

Macteola anomala (Angas, 1877)
Macteola biconica Stahlschmidt, Poppe & Tagaro, 2015
Macteola chinoi Stahlschmidt, Fraussen & Kilburn, 2012
Macteola interrupta (Reeve, 1846)
Macteola segesta (Duclos, 1850)
Macteola theskela (Melvill & Standen, 1895)

Species brought into synonymy

Macteola bella W.H. Pease, 1860: synonym of Macteola interrupta (L.A. Reeve, 1846)
Macteola gemmulata G.P. Deshayes, 1863: synonym of Macteola interrupta (L.A. Reeve, 1846)
Macteola cinctura C. Hedley, 1922: synonym of Macteola segesta cinctura C. Hedley, 1922
Macteola sandersonae (Bucknill, 1927): synonym of Neoguraleus sandersonae (Bucknill, 1927)

References

^ ^a ^b 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
^ 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.

Hedley, 1918; Journal of the Royal Society of New South Wales, supplement to vol. 51: 79, 82

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[WoRMS-1] 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

[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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