Macteola anomala

Macteola anomala
Image of a shell of Macteola anomala
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Mangeliidae
Genus:	Macteola
Species:	M. anomala
Binomial name
Macteola anomala (Angas, 1877)
Synonyms [1]
Mangelia anomala(Angas, 1877) Murex anomala(Angas, 1877) Purpura (Cronia) anomalaAngas, 1877 (original combination)

Macteola anomala is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae. ^[1]

Description

The length of the shell varies between 8 mm and 12 mm.

The shell is rather solid. It is light brown, with a darker, black-spotted median band, and undulating longitudinal stripes, which are more prominent near the base of the body whorl. ^[2]

In fresh specimens a delicate grain sculpture is visible under the lens. The colour varies. There may be only a peripheral row of separate intercostal brown spots, or beneath these there may run a continuous orange zone, anterior to which the shell may be faintly suffused with pink. ^[3]

Distribution

This marine species is endemic to Australia and occurs off New South Wales, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria and Western Australia.

References

1. WoRMS (2009). Macteola anomala (Angas, 1877). In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=434314 on 2017-08-07
2. G.W. Tryon (1889), Manual of Conchylogy , vol. II Muricinae, Purpurinae; Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia
3. Hedley, C. 1922. A revision of the Australian Turridae. Records of the Australian Museum 13(6): 213-359, pls 42-56 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

• Angas, G.F. 1877. Description of a new species of Helix from South Australia. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1877: 33-34
• Tryon, G.W. 1880. Muricinae and Purpurinae. Manual of Conchology. Philadelphia : G.W. Tryon Vol. 2.
• Tate, R. 1880. Rectification of the nomenclature of Purpura anomala Angas. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 5(2): 131-132
• Verco, J.C. 1909. Notes on South Australian marine Mollusca with descriptions of new species. Part XII. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 33: 293-342
• Hedley, C. 1922. A revision of the Australian Turridae. Records of the Australian Museum 13(6): 213-359, pls 42-56
• May, W.L. 1923. An Illustrated Index of Tasmanian Shells: with 47 plates and 1052 species. Hobart : Government Printer 100 pp.
• Allan, J.K. 1950. Australian Shells: with related animals living in the sea, in freshwater and on the land. Melbourne : Georgian House xix, 470 pp., 45 pls, 112 text figs.
• Laseron, C. 1954. Revision of the New South Wales Turridae (Mollusca). Australian Zoological Handbook. Sydney : Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales 1-56, pls 1-12.
• Liu J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp

External links

• "Macteola anomala". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
• Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1-1295.