''Anarithma sublachryma'' is a species of

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in the

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Mitromorphidae Mitromorphidae is a monophyletic family of small to medium-sized sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Conoidea.Bouchet, P. (2011). Mitromorphidae Casey, 1904. In: MolluscaBase (2018). Accessed through: World Register of Marin ...

.Bouchet, P. (2014). Anarithma sublachryma (Hervier, 1900). In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=827423 on 2018-02-06

Description

The length of the shell varies between 3.5 mm and 7 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off

Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea (abbreviated PNG; , ; tpi, Papua Niugini; ho, Papua Niu Gini), officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea ( tpi, Independen Stet bilong Papua Niugini; ho, Independen Stet bilong Papua Niu Gini), is a country i ...

and

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References

* Hervier, J., 1900. - ''Le genre Columbella dans l'archipel de la Nouvelle-Calédonie''. Journal de Conchyliologie 47(1899): 305-391 * Fischer-Piette, E., 1950. - ''Liste des types décrits dans le Journal de Conchyliologie et conservés dans la collection de ce journal (avec planches)(suite)''. Journal de Conchyliologie 90: 149-180

External links

MNHN, Paris: ''Anarithma sublachryma''
* sublachryma Gastropods described in 1900 {{mitromorphidae-stub