Macteola
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| Macteola | |
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| Shells of Macteola interrupta (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 | |
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Macteola is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Mangeliidae.[1]
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]
