Kermia melanoxytum ( Hervier, 1896 )

Kilburn, Richard Neil, 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), pp. 217-217 : 228

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.5733/afin.050.0201

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7661594

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03C9401C-4108-1903-FE2E-FBE8FE7B8190

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scientific name

Kermia melanoxytum ( Hervier, 1896 )
status

 

Kermia melanoxytum ( Hervier, 1896) View in CoL View at ENA

Figs 27–29 View Figs 27–33

Glyphostoma melanoxytum: Hervier 1896 a: 150 ; 1896 b: 78, pl. 3, fig. 19. Type locality: Lifou.

Kermia melanoxytum (Hervier) View in CoL : Kay 1979: 361, figs 117F (protoconch), 118J; Zhang 1995: 290, pl. 4, figs 23–24; Chang 2001: 72, figs 65, 65b, and p. 212, figs 19–16a, b.

Type material: Originally ten syntypes from Hervier collection in SML ; three probable syntypes now in MNHN , one labelled by Fischer-Piette as “Type” 4.6×2.0 mm, early part of protoconch missing; unconfirmed syntypes AMSA C.7019.

Regional locality data: SOUTH AFRICA: KwaZulu-Natal : E of Kosi Bay , - 50 m, fine sand (Kilburn et al.; NMSA E5348 About NMSA ) ; Kosi Bay , 1–4 km S of mouth, - 20–22 m (D. Herbert & K. Bloem; NMSA S775 About NMSA ) ; off Island Rock , - 62 m, sandstone, coral (Kilburn et al.; NMSA E5551 About NMSA ) ; Leadsman Shoal , 1–2 km N of Leven Point, - 9–14 m, mixed algal and coral reef (D. Herbert; NMSA E5375 About NMSA ) ; off Sodwana Bay , talus slope, - 46 m (Marine Geoscience Unit, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban; NMSA V5072 About NMSA ) ; Aliwal Shoal, off Scottburgh , - 10 m, reef debris (D. Herbert; NMSA S9237 About NMSA ) ; same data but - 25–27 m (D. Herbert; NMSA S7131 About NMSA ) ; off Park Rynie , - 35–40 m, offshore reef (G. Smith; NMSA S9857 About NMSA ) . Beach-worn shells also seen in private collection from Mzamba, Eastern Cape .

Distribution: New Caledonia to Hawaii, and west to south-eastern Africa, as far south as Eastern Cape.

Remarks: Specimen NMSA S775 ( Fig. 29 View Figs 27–33 ) has been compared with one of the “ syntypes ” ( Figs 27, 28 View Figs 27–33 ) in the MNHN.

MNHN

Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle

AMSA

Albany Museum

NMSA

KwaZulu-Natal Museum

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Mollusca

Class

Gastropoda

Order

Neogastropoda

Family

Raphitomidae

Genus

Kermia

Loc

Kermia melanoxytum ( Hervier, 1896 )

Kilburn, Richard Neil 2009
2009
Loc

Glyphostoma melanoxytum: Hervier 1896 a: 150

HERVIER, J. 1896: 150
1896
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