Kermia melanoxytum

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

Kermia melanoxytum
Shell of Kermia melanoxytum (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Caenogastropoda
Clade: Hypsogastropoda
Clade: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Raphitomidae
Genus: Kermia
Species:
K. melanoxytum
Binomial name
Kermia melanoxytum
(Hervier, 1896)
Synonyms[1]
  • Defrancia melanoxytum (Hervier, 1896)
  • Glyphostoma melanoxytum Hervier, 1896 (original combination)
  • Lienardia melanoxytum (Hervier, 1896)

Description

The length of the shell varies between 4 mm and 5 mm; its diameter reaches a max of 2 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off the Loyalty Islands; New Caledonia; Vanuatu; the Philippines; Hawaii and South Africa.

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References
  1. Kermia melanoxytum (Hervier, 1896). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 April 2010.
  • Severns, M. (2011). Shells of the Hawaiian Islands - The Sea Shells. Conchbooks, Hackenheim. 564 pp.
  • Liu J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp
  • Hervier J. (1896 ["1895"). Descriptions d'espèces nouvelles de l'Archipel Néo-Calédonien. Journal de Conchyliologie. 43(3): 141-152]
  • MNHN, Paris: Kermia melanoxytum (syntype)
  • 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
  • Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295.


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