Kermia pumila
Kermia pumila is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Raphitomidae.[1]
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| 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) | |
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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
- Kermia pumila (Mighels, 1845). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 April 2010.
- Zhang Z. 1995. Studies on micromolluscan Turridae of Lütao Islet, Taiwan. Stud Mar Sin. 36:273–296, 5 pls.
- G.W. Tryon (1884) Manual of Conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species, vol. VI; Philadelphia, Academy of Natural Sciences
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- Deshayes, G. P., 1863 Catalogue des mollusques de l‛Ile de la Réunion (Bourbon). In Maillard, L. (Ed.) Notes sur l'Ile de la Réunion (Bourbon), p. 144 p, 14 pls
- Severns, 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.
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- 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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