Metula aegrota is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Colubrariidae.[1]

Metula aegrota
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Colubrariidae
Genus: Metula
Species:
M. aegrota
Binomial name
Metula aegrota
(Reeve, 1845)
Synonyms[1]
  • Antimitra aegrota (Reeve, 1845)
  • Pleurotoma aegrota Reeve, 1845 (basionym)

Description edit

Distribution edit

This species occurs along Singapore.

References edit

  1. ^ a b Metula aegrota (Reeve, 1845). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 1 March 2011.
  • Kilburn R.N. (2004) The identities of Otitoma and Antimitra (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Conidae and Buccinidae). African Invertebrates 45: 263–270. NIZT 682 page(s): 269