Macron (gastropod)

Macron is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs unassigned in the superfamily Buccinoidea.^[1]

Macron
Macron aethiops (Reeve, 1847)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Buccinoidea
Genus:	Macron H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853
Synonyms[1]
Macroniscus Thiele, 1929 Pseudoliva (Macron) H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853 ·

Description

The callus of the inner lip is defined. The columella is obliquely wrinkled. The spire is elevated with the suture channelled. ^[2]

Species

Species within the genus Macron include:^[1]

• Macron aethiops (Reeve, 1847) Pacific coast of Mexico
• † Macron escalonia (Vermeij & DeVries, 1997)
• Macron lividus (A. Adams, 1855) tide pools on the Southern California coast
• Macron mcleani Vermeij, 1998^[3]
• Macron orcutti Dall, 1918 Baja California coast
• † Macron vermeiji S. N. Nielsen & Frassinetti, 2003
• Macron wrightii H. Adams, 1865

Synonyms

• Macron stereoglypta (G. B. Sowerby III, 1882): synonym of Macron wrightii H. Adams, 1865