Anarithma metula

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Anarithma metula
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Shell of Anarithma metula
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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 dibolosK.H. Barnard, 1964
  • Anarithma garrettiiW.H. Pease, 1860
  • Anarithma ikiE.A. Kay, 1979
  • Anarithma lachrymaL.A. Reeve, 1845
  • Anarithma pamilaP.L. Duclos in J.C. Chenu, 1848
  • Anarithma pusiolaR.W. Dunker, 1871
  • Anarithma sublachrymaR.P.J. Hervier, 1900
  • Clavatula metulaHinds, 1843
  • Colombella pamilaDuclos, 1848
  • Columbella sublachrymaR.P.J. Hervier, 1900
  • Mangilia metula(Hinds, 1843)
  • Mitra lachrymaReeve, 1845
  • Mitromorpha metula (Hinds, 1843)

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

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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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