Anarithma metula

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

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[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)

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