Kermia pumila
Shell of Kermia pumila
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
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)

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

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. 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 Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  • 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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