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Macteola theskela
Macteola theskela is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.
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Description
The length of the shell attains 7.5 mm, its diameter 3 mm. (Original description) The inner or columellar margin of the lip possesses seven or eight close and minute plicae. There is also one minute process at the parietal sinus. It is of a graceful attenuate fusiform shell, six-whorled, or perhaps seven, but the apex is broken off in the only specimen we have. It shows longitudinal ribs crossed by many lirae. The aperture is oblong. The pure whiteness of the shell is relieved by a row of brown spots between the ribs just above the sutures and in the middle of the body whorl.
Range & habitat
This marine species occurs off Queensland, Australia, Vanuatu and the Loyalty Islands
Wikipedia: “Distribution”
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 1398342.