Anarithma metula

Anarithma metula
Shell of Anarithma metula
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

References

  1. 1 2 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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