Macteola

Macteola is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Mangeliidae.

Description
This name is proposed for a genus of the Mangiliinae, in which the aperture has not acquired armature, and in which the lip is not flexed. Prominent radial ribs are over-ridden by fine beaded spiral threads. The apex is mucronate (i.e. with a small pointed projection, or spine-like ending), with smooth whorls. Characteristic is a colour scheme of a peripheral zone of brown or black or orange, sometimes broken into a series of dots or clashes.

Species
Species within the genus Macteola include:
 * Macteola anomala (Angas, 1877)
 * Macteola biconica Stahlschmidt, Poppe & Tagaro, 2015
 * Macteola chinoi Stahlschmidt, Fraussen & Kilburn, 2012
 * Macteola interrupta (Reeve, 1846)
 * Macteola miresculpta (Bozzetti, 2020)
 * Macteola theskela (Melvill & Standen, 1895)
 * Species brought into synonymy:
 * Macteola bella W.H. Pease, 1860 : synonym of Macteola interrupta (L.A. Reeve, 1846)
 * Macteola cinctura C. Hedley, 1922 : synonym of Macteola segesta cinctura C. Hedley, 1922
 * Macteola gemmulata G.P. Deshayes, 1863 : synonym of Macteola interrupta (L.A. Reeve, 1846)
 * Macteola sandersonae (Bucknill, 1927) : synonym of Neoguraleus sandersonae (Bucknill, 1927)
 * Macteola segesta (Duclos, 1850) : synonym of Macteola interrupta (Reeve, 1846)