title: Macron (gastropod)
text: # Macron (gastropod)
  
  Macron is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks unassigned in the superfamily Buccinoidea.
  
  ## Description
  
  The callus of the inner lip is defined. The columella is obliquely wrinkled. The spire is elevated with the suture channelled.
  
  ## Species
  
  Species within the genus Macron include:
  
  * Macron aethiops (Reeve, 1847) Pacific coast of Mexico
  * † Macron escalonia (Vermeij & DeVries, 1997)
  * Macron lividus (A. Adams, 1855) tide pools on the Southern California coast
  * Macron mcleani Vermeij, 1998
  * Macron orcutti Dall, 1918 Baja California coast
  * † Macron vermeiji S. N. Nielsen & Frassinetti, 2003
  * Macron wrightii H. Adams, 1865
  
  ### Synonyms
  
  * Macron stereoglypta (G. B. Sowerby III, 1882): synonym of Macron wrightii H. Adams, 1865
  