Anarithma metula

Anarithma metula
	Shell of Anarithma metula (holotype in the Natural History Museum, London)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Clade:	Caenogastropoda
Clade:	Hypsogastropoda
Clade:	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

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References

Iredale, Tom, "On some new and old molluscan generic names";. Proc. Malac. Soc. Lond. 12: 140-201, pls. 8-10 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. (1988b) Taxonomic notes on the Mitromorpha group of the family Turridae (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Borsoniinae). Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum, 25, 63–73

External links

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[WoRMS-1] 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 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.