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Taxonomy
Family:
MANGELIIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Conoidea (Superfamily)
> Mangeliidae (Family)
> Macteola (Genus)
> interrupta (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Columbella segesta Duclos, 1850
=Daphnella bella Pease, 1860
=Macteola segesta (Duclos, 1850)
=Macteola segesta var. cinctura Hedley, 1922
=Mangelia interrupta Reeve, 1846
=Pleurotoma gemmulata Deshayes, 1863
Images: Macteola interrupta (Reeve, 1846)
Syntype of Pleurotoma gemmulata Deshayes, collected Réunion Island, Indian Ocean (MNHN-IM-2000-2958). 5mm. Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, Paris
Taxonomy
Family:
MANGELIIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Conoidea (Superfamily)
> Mangeliidae (Family)
> Macteola (Genus)
> interrupta (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Columbella segesta Duclos, 1850
=Daphnella bella Pease, 1860
=Macteola segesta (Duclos, 1850)
=Macteola segesta var. cinctura Hedley, 1922
=Mangelia interrupta Reeve, 1846
=Pleurotoma gemmulata Deshayes, 1863
Details: Macteola interrupta (Reeve, 1846)
Size/Grows to:
Height 12mm
Distribution:
Kermadec Islands
Geographical Range:
K
Notes:
Marine
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Brook, F.J., Marshall, B.A. 1998 The coastal molluscan fauna of the northern Kermadec Islands, southwest Pacific Ocean, Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 28 (p.228)

Key to Geographical Ranges
NZ Map showing Geographical Ranges
The symbols K.A.C.F.M.An. are used to indicate the geographical range of the species. They have been adopted to give an approximation of the range of each species within New Zealand.
K=
Kermadec Islands
A=
Aupourian - Kaipara Harbour, north around North Cape, encompassing the Three Kings Islands and south to East Cape
C=
Cookian - Lower North Island and the northern part of the South Island
F=
Forsterian - Otago, Fiordland and Stewart Island
M=
Moriorian - Chatham Islands, Pitt Island
An=
Antipodean - Subantarctic Islands of New Zealand
Fw =
Freshwater
L =
Land
N =
North Island
S =
South Island
E =
Endemic
I =
Introduced
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil
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