Anarithma metula | |
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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
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Binomial name | |
Anarithma metula (Hinds, 1843)
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Anarithma metula is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mitromorphidae.[1]
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]
This marine species occurs from Eastern Transkei, South Africa, Mozambique and Madagascar to the Philippines, Fiji, Papua New Guinea, Hawaii