Anarithma maesi

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

Anarithma maesi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Mitromorphidae
Genus: Anarithma
Species:
A. maesi
Binomial name
Anarithma maesi
Drivas & Jay, 1986
Synonyms[1]
  • Metula hindsii Adams, H.G. & A. Adams, 1853
  • Metula metula (Hinds, 1844)
  • Murex exiguus Garrett, A., 1857

Description

The length of the shell attains 5 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Réunion

References
  1. Rosenberg, G. (2012). Anarithma maesi Drivas & Jay, 1986. In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=594420 on 2018-02-05
  • Drivas, J. & Jay, M., 1986. - Shells of Reunion. 8- Family Turridae Swainson, 1840. La Conchiglia 18(208-209): 8-10
  • MNHN, Paris: Anarithma maesi (holotype)
  • Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295.
  • "Metula metula". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 15 January 2019.


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