Kermia pumila

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Kermia pumila
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Shell of Kermia pumila
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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 pumilaTryon, 1884
  • Kermia violaceaPease, W.H., 1868
  • Mangelia digitaleReeve, 1846
  • Phibertia (Kermia) pumilaCernohorsky, 1978
  • Pleurotoma clandestinaDeshayes, 1863
  • Pleurotoma pumilaMighels, 1845 (original combination)
  • Pleurotoma reticulataGarrett, 1857 (invalid: junior homonym of Pleurotoma reticulataT. Brown, 1827 and P. reticulataBronn, 1831)

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

Contents

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

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References

  1. 1 2 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 PD-icon.svgThis article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.


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