Anarithma metula

Anarithma metula
Shell of Anarithma metula
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Mitromorphidae
Genus: Anarithma
Species:
A. metula
Binomial name
Anarithma metula
(Hinds, 1843)
Synonyms[1]
  • Anarithma dibolos K.H. Barnard, 1964
  • Anarithma garrettii W.H. Pease, 1860
  • Anarithma iki E.A. Kay, 1979
  • Anarithma lachryma L.A. Reeve, 1845
  • Anarithma pamila P.L. Duclos in J.C. Chenu, 1848
  • Anarithma pusiola R.W. Dunker, 1871
  • Anarithma sublachryma R.P.J. Hervier, 1900
  • Clavatula metula Hinds, 1843
  • Colombella pamila Duclos, 1848
  • Columbella sublachryma R.P.J. Hervier, 1900
  • Mangilia metula (Hinds, 1843)
  • Mitra lachryma Reeve, 1845
  • Mitromorpha metula (Hinds, 1843)

Anarithma metula is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mitromorphidae.[1]

Description

The length of the shell varies between 3.5 mm and 7 mm.

The five whorls are flattened. They are obsoletely ribbed and transversely striated. The suture shows a raised line. The outer lip is inflected in the middle. The color of the shell is yellowish brown, banded with chestnut.[2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs from Eastern Transkei, South Africa, Mozambique and Madagascar to the Philippines, Fiji, Papua New Guinea, Hawaii

References

  1. ^ a b Anarithma metula (Hinds, 1843). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 9 April 2012.
  2. ^ G.W. Tryon (1884) Manual of Conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species, vol. VI; Philadelphia, Academy of Natural Sciences Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  • Iredale, Tom, "On some new and old molluscan generic names";. Proc. Malac. Soc. Lond. 12: 140–201, pls. 8–10 Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  • Severns, M. (2011) Shells of the Hawaiian Islands - The Sea Shells. Conchbooks, Hackenheim. 564 pp.
  • Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp.
  • Cernohorsky, W. O. (1988). "Taxonomic Notes on the Mitromorpha Group of the Family Turridae (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Borsoniinae)". Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum. 25: 63–73. ISSN 0067-0464. JSTOR 42906385. Wikidata Q58677344.
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