''Kermia melanoxytum'' is a
species of
sea snail
Sea snail is a common name for slow-moving marine gastropod molluscs, usually with visible external shells, such as whelk or abalone. They share the taxonomic class Gastropoda with slugs, which are distinguished from snails primarily by the ...
, a marine
gastropod
The gastropods (), commonly known as snails and slugs, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda ().
This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, from freshwater, and from land. T ...
mollusk in the
family Raphitomidae
Raphitomidae is a family of small to medium-sized sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Conoidea.Bouchet P. & Rocroi J.-P. (Ed.) (2005). "Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families". ''Malacologia'' 47(1-2). . 39 ...
.
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
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;
Vanuatu; the
Philippines;
Hawaii and
South Africa.
References
* Severns, M. (2011). ''Shells of the Hawaiian Islands - The Sea Shells''. Conchbooks, Hackenheim. 564 pp.
* Liu J.Y.
uiyu(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): 141-152MNHN, 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*
melanoxytum
Gastropods described in 1896
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