Anarithma metula

Anarithma metula
	Shell of Anarithma metula
Scientific 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
	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

^ ^a ^b Anarithma metula (Hinds, 1843). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 9 April 2012.
^ 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.

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. (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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[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.

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