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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.

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.

Distribution

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

References

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.

• 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. (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.

External links

• MNHN: Mitromorpha metula
• Chenu J.C. (1842-1854). Illustrations conchyliologiques, ou description et figures de toutes les coquilles connues, vivantes et fossiles. 85 parts in 4 volumes, Paris

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