Metula aegrota ( Reeve, 1845 ) Kilburn, 2004

Kilburn, Richard N., 2004, The identities of Otitoma and Antimitra (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Conidae and Buccinidae), African Invertebrates 45, pp. 263-270 : 269

Metula aegrota ( Reeve, 1845) comb. n.

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Pleurotoma aegrota Reeve, 1845 : pl. 31, sp. 276. Type locality: Singapore, 7 fath. [= approx. 13 m].

Antimitra aegrata [sic]: Shuto 1975: 168, pl. 6, figs 1 (protoconch), 2 (lip profile).

NOT Antimitra aegrota: Powell 1966: 135 , pl. 22, fig. 3.

Type material: Two syntypes BMNH 1963924 .

Remarks: The identity of Metula aegrota is based on juvenile shells, and remains to be established with more precision through direct comparison with growth series of described species of genus Metula . Unfortunately the apical whorls in adult shells are almost always eroded or damaged.

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Fig. 1. Antimitra [= Metula] aegrota (Reeve, 1845): Syntype of Pleurotoma aegrota, BMNH 1963924, Singapore, 7 fath. [= approx. 13 m]; 10.5 x 3.7 mm.