Kermia melanoxytum
Kermia melanoxytum is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Raphitomidae.[1]
| Kermia melanoxytum | |
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| 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) | |
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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.
References
- 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
External links
- 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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