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Macteola
Sign in to saveMacteola is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Mangeliidae.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumMollusca
- ClassGastropoda
- OrderNeogastropoda
- FamilyMangeliidae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 129
- With media
- 36
- Family
- Mangeliidae
- Collections
- USNM, NMV, SBMNH, AM, WAM, MCZ
- Recorded in
- French Polynesia, American Samoa, Philippines, Fiji, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Solomon Islands, Australia
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Macteola is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Mangeliidae.
==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.
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