Definition. The maximum clade consisting of Maculastrombus maculatus (Sowerby II, 1842) and Maculastrombus depauperatus (Dautzenberg & Bouge, 1933), and all species that share a more recent common ancestor with them than with Canarium urceus (Linne, 1758), Terestrombus fragilis (Roding, 1798), Tridentatarius dentatus (Linne, 1758) or Neostrombus fusiformis (Sowerby II, 1842). Reference Phylogeny. Figure 1 in Liverani et al. (2021).
Composition. This clade belongs to the Neostrombini (see Liverani et al. (2021) for content) and contains Maculastrombus (see Liverani et al. (2021) for content). It does not include members of the Neostrombus (see Liverani et al. (2021) for content), Terestrombus (see Liverani et al. (2021) for content), Tridentarius (see Liverani et al. (2021)
for content) and Canarium (see Liverani et al. (2021) for content).
Diagnostic Apomorphies. Shells with a cuneate outer lip and smooth body whorl, the later teleoconch with distinctive tubercules (Liverani et al. 2021, p. 33). Type Species. Maculastrombus maculatus (Sowerby II, 1842).