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
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.