Macteola segesta

Macteola segesta
Original image of a shell of Macteola segesta cinctura
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Caenogastropoda
Clade: Hypsogastropoda
Clade: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Mangeliidae
Genus: Macteola
Species: M. segesta
Binomial name
Macteola segesta
(Duclos, P.L. in Chenu, J.C., 1850)
Synonyms[1]

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

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