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Anarithma Iredale, 1916
432393 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:432393)
accepted
Genus
Clavatula metula Hinds, 1843 accepted as Anarithma metula (Hinds, 1843) (type by original designation)
Citharopsis Pease, 1868 · unaccepted
- Species Anarithma alphonsiana (Hervier, 1900)
- Species Anarithma ambigua (Chino & Stahlschmidt, 2009)
- Species Anarithma aurantioquadrata Horro, Gori, Rosado & Rolán, 2024
- Species Anarithma aurea F. Boyer & Renda, 2022
- Species Anarithma borbonica F. Boyer & Renda, 2022
- Species Anarithma bulbosa F. Boyer, 2022
- Species Anarithma dorcas Kuroda & Oyama, 1971
- Species Anarithma fuscafenestrata (Chino & Stahlschmidt, 2014)
- Species Anarithma fusiformis (Chino & Stahlschmidt, 2009)
- Species Anarithma granulata (Chino & Stahlschmidt, 2009)
- Species Anarithma iki (Kay, 1979)
- Species Anarithma inornata (Hervier, 1900)
- Species Anarithma iozona (Hervier, 1900)
- Species Anarithma johntuckeri Wiedrick, 2025
- Species Anarithma lachryma (Reeve, 1845)
- Species Anarithma maculafusca Wiedrick, 2025
- Species Anarithma metula (Hinds, 1843)
- Species Anarithma nigricingulata (Chino & Stahlschmidt, 2009)
- Species Anarithma pamila (Duclos, 1848)
- Species Anarithma poppei (Chino & Stahlschmidt, 2009)
- Species Anarithma punctata (Chino & Stahlschmidt, 2009)
- Species Anarithma purpurata (Chino & Stahlschmidt, 2009)
- Species Anarithma pylei (Chino & Stahlschmidt, 2014)
- Species Anarithma rubrimaculata (Chino & Stahlschmidt, 2009)
- Species Anarithma salisburyi (Cernohorsky, 1978)
- Species Anarithma stepheni (Melvill & Standen, 1897)
- Species Anarithma sublachryma (Hervier, 1900)
- Species Anarithma tenuicolor (Chino & Stahlschmidt, 2009)
- Species Anarithma candeopontis (Chino & Stahlschmidt, 2009) accepted as Mitromorpha candeopontis Chino & Stahlschmidt, 2009 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Anarithma drivasi C.-K. Chang, 1995 accepted as Mitromorpha drivasi (Z.-G. Chang, 1995) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Anarithma fischeri (Hervier, 1900) accepted as Mitromorpha fischeri (Hervier, 1900) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Anarithma kilburni (Drivas & M. Jay, 1986) accepted as Mitromorpha kilburni Drivas & M. Jay, 1986 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Anarithma maesi Drivas & M. Jay, 1986 accepted as Anarithma sublachryma (Hervier, 1900) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Anarithma melvilli F. Boyer, 2022 accepted as Anarithma stepheni (Melvill & Standen, 1897) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Anarithma multigranosa Vera-Peláez, 2002 † accepted as Fedosovia multigranosa (Vera-Peláez, 2002) † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Anarithma thalaoides (Chino & Stahlschmidt, 2014) accepted as Anarithma kilburni (Drivas & M. Jay, 1986) accepted as Mitromorpha kilburni Drivas & M. Jay, 1986
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Iredale, T. (1916). On some new and old molluscan names. <em>Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London.</em> 12(1): 27-37., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15770460
page(s): 27, 33 [details]
page(s): 27, 33 [details]
Note Iredale established Anarithma "for the shell...
Type species Iredale established Anarithma "for the shell commonly known as Columbella lachryma, Gaskoin" [= Mitra lachryma Reeve, 1845], which he treated as a synonym of Clavatula metula. Boyer [2022: 84] recognized Mitra lachryma and Clavatula metula as two distinct species, and "restored" Mitra lachryma as the type species of Anarithma. This is a case that would fall under ICZN Art. 70.3 which, however, was not cited by Boyer, leaving Clavatula metula as the type species of Anarithma. [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Anarithma Iredale, 1916. Accessed at: https://molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=432393 on 2025-09-11
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original description
Iredale, T. (1916). On some new and old molluscan names. <em>Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London.</em> 12(1): 27-37., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15770460
page(s): 27, 33 [details]
original description (of Citharopsis Pease, 1868) Pease, W. H. (1868). Descriptions of marine Gasteropodæ inhabiting Polynesia. <em>American Journal of Conchology.</em> 4(2): 71-80, pls 8-9 [1 October 1868]; 4(3): 91-102, pls 11,12 [3 November 1868]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16070178
page(s): 97 [details]
basis of record Bouchet, P.; Kantor, Y. I.; Sysoev, A.; Puillandre, N. (2011). A new operational classification of the Conoidea (Gastropoda). <em>Journal of Molluscan Studies.</em> 77(3): 273-308., available online at http://mollus.oxfordjournals.org/content/77/3/273.full.pdf [details]
additional source 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. [details]
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): 711 [details]
page(s): 27, 33 [details]
original description (of Citharopsis Pease, 1868) Pease, W. H. (1868). Descriptions of marine Gasteropodæ inhabiting Polynesia. <em>American Journal of Conchology.</em> 4(2): 71-80, pls 8-9 [1 October 1868]; 4(3): 91-102, pls 11,12 [3 November 1868]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16070178
page(s): 97 [details]
basis of record Bouchet, P.; Kantor, Y. I.; Sysoev, A.; Puillandre, N. (2011). A new operational classification of the Conoidea (Gastropoda). <em>Journal of Molluscan Studies.</em> 77(3): 273-308., available online at http://mollus.oxfordjournals.org/content/77/3/273.full.pdf [details]
additional source 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. [details]
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): 711 [details]
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Type species Iredale established Anarithma "for the shell commonly known as Columbella lachryma, Gaskoin" [= Mitra lachryma Reeve, 1845], which he treated as a synonym of Clavatula metula. Boyer [2022: 84] recognized Mitra lachryma and Clavatula metula as two distinct species, and "restored" Mitra lachryma as the type species of Anarithma. This is a case that would fall under ICZN Art. 70.3 which, however, was not cited by Boyer, leaving Clavatula metula as the type species of Anarithma. [details]
