Macteola interrupta

Macteola interrupta is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Mangeliidae.[1]

Macteola interrupta
Drawing of a shell of Macteola interrupta
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Mangeliidae
Genus: Macteola
Species:
M. interrupta
Binomial name
Macteola interrupta
(Reeve, 1846)
Synonyms[1]
  • Colombella segesta Duclos, 1850
  • Daphnella bella Pease, 1870
  • Macteola segesta (Duclos, 1850)
  • Macteola segesta var. cinctura Hedley, 1922
  • Mangelia interrupta Reeve, 1846 (original combination)
  • Pleurotoma gemmulata Deshayes, G.P., 1863

Description

The length of the shell attains 12 mm.

The shell is nodose at the shoulder. It shows strong, narrow, rounded ribs descending from the nodules. Its color is whitish, with hair-like, chocolate, revolving lines between the ribs, sometimes approximating into bands.[2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Queensland, Australia, the Kermadec Islands, New Zealand, the Loyalty Islands and the Philippines; also off New Caledonia and Mauritius.

References

  1. WoRMS (2009). Macteola interrupta (Reeve, 1846). In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=434315 on 2017-08-08
  2. G.W. Tryon (1884) Manual of Conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species, vol. VI; Philadelphia, Academy of Natural Sciences Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  • Cernohorsky, W.O. 1978. Tropical Pacific Marine Shells. Sydney : Pacific Publications 352 pp., 68 pls.
  • Brook, F.J., Marshall, B.A. 1998: The coastal molluscan fauna of the northern Kermadec Islands, southwest Pacific Ocean, Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 28
  • Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp
  • Spencer, H.G., Marshall, B.A. & Willan, R.C. (2009). Checklist of New Zealand living Mollusca. Pp 196-219. in: Gordon, D.P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch
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