Kermia pumila

Kermia pumila is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Raphitomidae.[1]

Kermia pumila
Shell of Kermia pumila
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Raphitomidae
Genus: Kermia
Species:
K. pumila
Binomial name
Kermia pumila
(Mighels, 1845)
Synonyms[1]
  • Clathurella pumila Tryon, 1884
  • Kermia violacea Pease, W.H., 1868
  • Mangelia digitale Reeve, 1846
  • Phibertia (Kermia) pumila Cernohorsky, 1978
  • Pleurotoma clandestina Deshayes, 1863
  • Pleurotoma pumila Mighels, 1845 (original combination)
  • Pleurotoma reticulata Garrett, 1857 (invalid: junior homonym of Pleurotoma reticulata T. Brown, 1827 and P. reticulata Bronn, 1831)

It was assigned to Kermia by Zhang, 1995. [2]

Description

The length of the shell varies between 3.5 mm and 6 mm.

The shell is pinkish white, with an orange-brown band near the sutures, and a broader one below the middle of the body whorl. [3]

Distribution

This marine species has a wide distribution. It occurs off Polynesia; Hawaii; Fiji; Okinawa; Mascarenes, Seychelles, North KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

References
  1. Kermia pumila (Mighels, 1845). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 April 2010.
  2. Zhang Z. 1995. Studies on micromolluscan Turridae of Lütao Islet, Taiwan. Stud Mar Sin. 36:273–296, 5 pls.
  3. G.W. Tryon (1884) Manual of Conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species, vol. VI; Philadelphia, Academy of Natural Sciences This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  • everns, M. (2011). Shells of the Hawaiian Islands - The Sea Shells.
  • Liu J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp. Conchbooks, Hackenheim. 564 pp.
  • Pease W.H. (1868 ["1867"). Descriptions of marine Gasteropodæ, inhabiting Polynesia. American Journal of Conchology. 3(3): 211-222]
  • Moretzsohn, Fabio, and E. Alison Kay. "HAWAIIAN MARINE MOLLUSCS." (1995)
  • Tröndlé, J. E. A. N., and Michel Boutet. "Inventory of marine molluscs of French Polynesia." Atoll Research Bulletin (2009)
  • Kilburn, R. N. (2009). Genus Kermia (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Conoidea: Conidae: Raphitominae) in South African Waters, with Observations on the Identities of Related Extralimital Species. African Invertebrates. 50(2): 217-236
  • Li B.-Q. [Baoquan & Li X.-Z. [Xinzheng] (2014) Report on the Raphitomidae Bellardi, 1875 (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Conoidea) from the China Seas. Journal of Natural History 48(17-18): 999-1025]
  • * Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295.
  • Gastropods.com: Kermia pumila


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