Kermia pumila

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Kermia pumila
Shell of Kermia pumila
Scientific classification Edit this classification
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]

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

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