WoRMS taxon details
Anarithma metula (Hinds, 1843)
594417 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:594417)
accepted
Species
Anachis dibolos (Barnard, 1964) · unaccepted
Anarithma stepheni (Melvill & Standen, 1897) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Clavatula metula Hinds, 1843 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Columbella (Seminella) pacei Melvill & Standen, 1896 · unaccepted (junior homonym of Columbella...)
junior homonym of Columbella pacei E.A. Smith, 1895; Columbella (Seminella) stepheni is a replacement name
Columbella (Seminella) stepheni Melvill & Standen, 1897 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Columbella dibolos Barnard, 1964 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Columbella pacei Melvill & Standen, 1896 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Columbella stepheni Melvill & Standen, 1897 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Columbella sublachryma var. sphaerica Hervier, 1900 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Mitrolumna stepheni (Melvill & Standen, 1897) · unaccepted
Mitromorpha (Lovellona) stepheni Melvill & Standen, 1897 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Mitromorpha metula (Hinds, 1843) · unaccepted
Mitromorpha stepheni (Melvill & Standen, 1897) · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Clavatula metula Hinds, 1843) Hinds, R. B. (1843). On new species of <i>Pleurotoma</i>, <i>Clavatula</i>, and <i>Mangelia</i>. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> (1843) 11: 36-46., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30680014
page(s): 44 [details]
page(s): 44 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Anarithma metula (Hinds, 1843). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=594417 on 2025-04-01
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Columbella dibolos Barnard, 1964) Barnard, K. H. (1964). The work of the s.s. Pieter Faure in Natal waters, with special reference to the Crustacea and Mollusca; with descriptions of new species of Mollusca from Natal. <em>Annals of the Natal Museum.</em> 16(1): 9-29.
page(s): 17, fig. 1f. [details] Available for editors
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original description (of Clavatula metula Hinds, 1843) Hinds, R. B. (1843). On new species of <i>Pleurotoma</i>, <i>Clavatula</i>, and <i>Mangelia</i>. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> (1843) 11: 36-46., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30680014
page(s): 44 [details]
original description (of Columbella (Seminella) pacei Melvill & Standen, 1896) Melvill, J. C. & Standen, R. (1896). Notes on a collection of shells from Lifu and Uvea, Loyalty Islands, formed by the Rev. James and Mrs. Hadfield, with list of species. Part II. <em>Journal of Conchology.</em> 8(9): 273-315 [12 November 1896, + pls 9-11 published vol. 8(11) in April 1897]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31980852
page(s): 275, pl. 9, fig. 5 [details]
original description (of Columbella (Seminella) stepheni Melvill & Standen, 1897) Melvill, J. C. & Standen, R. (1897). Notes on a collection of shells from Lifu and Uvea, Loyalty Islands, formed by the Rev. James and Mrs. Hadfield, with list of species. Part III. <em>Journal of Conchology.</em> 8: 396-421., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31980975
page(s): 407 [details]
original description (of Columbella sublachryma var. sphaerica Hervier, 1900) Hervier J. (1900 ["1899"]). Le genre <i>Columbella</i> dans l'archipel de la Nouvelle-Calédonie. <em>Journal de Conchyliologie.</em> 47(4): 305–391, pls 13-14., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15980699
page(s): 384 [details]
basis of record Severns, M. (2011). Shells of the Hawaiian Islands - The Sea Shells. <em>Conchbooks, Hackenheim.</em> 564 pp. [details]
basis of record Boyer, F. (2022). About the mitromorphid species group <i>Anarithma lachryma</i> (Reeve, 1845) (Conoidea Mitromorpha) at reef levels of Balicasag Island (Central Philippines). <em>Biodiversity Journal.</em> 13(1): 79–106.
page(s): 84, figs 3-26 [details]
page(s): 17, fig. 1f. [details] Available for editors
[request]original description (of Clavatula metula Hinds, 1843) Hinds, R. B. (1843). On new species of <i>Pleurotoma</i>, <i>Clavatula</i>, and <i>Mangelia</i>. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> (1843) 11: 36-46., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30680014
page(s): 44 [details]
original description (of Columbella (Seminella) pacei Melvill & Standen, 1896) Melvill, J. C. & Standen, R. (1896). Notes on a collection of shells from Lifu and Uvea, Loyalty Islands, formed by the Rev. James and Mrs. Hadfield, with list of species. Part II. <em>Journal of Conchology.</em> 8(9): 273-315 [12 November 1896, + pls 9-11 published vol. 8(11) in April 1897]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31980852
page(s): 275, pl. 9, fig. 5 [details]
original description (of Columbella (Seminella) stepheni Melvill & Standen, 1897) Melvill, J. C. & Standen, R. (1897). Notes on a collection of shells from Lifu and Uvea, Loyalty Islands, formed by the Rev. James and Mrs. Hadfield, with list of species. Part III. <em>Journal of Conchology.</em> 8: 396-421., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31980975
page(s): 407 [details]
original description (of Columbella sublachryma var. sphaerica Hervier, 1900) Hervier J. (1900 ["1899"]). Le genre <i>Columbella</i> dans l'archipel de la Nouvelle-Calédonie. <em>Journal de Conchyliologie.</em> 47(4): 305–391, pls 13-14., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15980699
page(s): 384 [details]
basis of record Severns, M. (2011). Shells of the Hawaiian Islands - The Sea Shells. <em>Conchbooks, Hackenheim.</em> 564 pp. [details]
basis of record Boyer, F. (2022). About the mitromorphid species group <i>Anarithma lachryma</i> (Reeve, 1845) (Conoidea Mitromorpha) at reef levels of Balicasag Island (Central Philippines). <em>Biodiversity Journal.</em> 13(1): 79–106.
page(s): 84, figs 3-26 [details]
Other
additional source
Boyer, F. & Renda, W. (2022). About a collection of <i>Anarithma</i> Iredale, 1916 species (Conoidea Mitromorphidae) from La Réunion, Mascarene Islands. <em>Biodiversity Journal.</em> 13(4): 823-840.
page(s): 828, figs 17-24 [details]
additional source Horro, J., Gori, S., Rosado, J & Rolán, E. (2024). The Family Mitromorphidae (Gastropoda: Conoidea) in Mozambique and surrounding waters. <em>Bollettino Malacologico.</em> 60: 90-123., available online at http://doi.org/10.53559/BollMalacol.2023.24
page(s): 96 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Kilburn R.N. (1986). Turridae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) of southern Africa and Mozambique. Part 3. Subfamily Borsoniinae. <em>Annals of the Natal Museum.</em> 27: 633-720.
page(s): 712, figs 19, 106, 151-160. [details]
page(s): 828, figs 17-24 [details]
additional source Horro, J., Gori, S., Rosado, J & Rolán, E. (2024). The Family Mitromorphidae (Gastropoda: Conoidea) in Mozambique and surrounding waters. <em>Bollettino Malacologico.</em> 60: 90-123., available online at http://doi.org/10.53559/BollMalacol.2023.24
page(s): 96 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Kilburn R.N. (1986). Turridae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) of southern Africa and Mozambique. Part 3. Subfamily Borsoniinae. <em>Annals of the Natal Museum.</em> 27: 633-720.
page(s): 712, figs 19, 106, 151-160. [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Mitromorpha stepheni (Melvill & Standen, 1897))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Columbella stepheni Melvill & Standen, 1897)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Mitromorpha metula (Hinds, 1843))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Anarithma metula)
To GB Mollusca Types (Columbella (Seminella) pacei Melvill & Standen, 1896; Syntype(s); MANCH.EE.3765) (from synonym Columbella (Seminella) pacei Melvill & Standen, 1896)
To GB Mollusca Types (Columbella (Seminella) stepheni Melvill & Standen, 1897; Syntype(s); MANCH.EE.3765) (from synonym Columbella (Seminella) stepheni Melvill & Standen, 1897)
To GenBank (6 nucleotides; 2 proteins)
To GenBank (6 nucleotides; 2 proteins) (from synonym Mitromorpha metula (Hinds, 1843))
To GenBank (6 nucleotides; 2 proteins) (from synonym Clavatula metula Hinds, 1843)
To Malacopics (Anarithma metula (Hinds, 1843))
To NHMUK collection (Clavatula metula Hinds, 1843; HOLOTYPE; NHMUK:ecatalogue:5605228) (from synonym Clavatula metula Hinds, 1843)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Columbella stepheni Melvill & Standen, 1897)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Mitromorpha metula (Hinds, 1843))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Anarithma metula)
To GB Mollusca Types (Columbella (Seminella) pacei Melvill & Standen, 1896; Syntype(s); MANCH.EE.3765) (from synonym Columbella (Seminella) pacei Melvill & Standen, 1896)
To GB Mollusca Types (Columbella (Seminella) stepheni Melvill & Standen, 1897; Syntype(s); MANCH.EE.3765) (from synonym Columbella (Seminella) stepheni Melvill & Standen, 1897)
To GenBank (6 nucleotides; 2 proteins)
To GenBank (6 nucleotides; 2 proteins) (from synonym Mitromorpha metula (Hinds, 1843))
To GenBank (6 nucleotides; 2 proteins) (from synonym Clavatula metula Hinds, 1843)
To Malacopics (Anarithma metula (Hinds, 1843))
To NHMUK collection (Clavatula metula Hinds, 1843; HOLOTYPE; NHMUK:ecatalogue:5605228) (from synonym Clavatula metula Hinds, 1843)
