Kermia pumila (Mighels 1845)

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Pleurotoma pumila Mighels, 1845, p. 23 .

Clathurella pumila – Tryon, 1884, p. 298, pl. 19, fig. 68.

Phibertia (Kermia) pumila – Cernohorsky, 1978, p. 162, pl. 57, fig. 14.

Kermia pumila – Zhang, 1995, p. 290, sp. 92, pl. V, fig. 3. – Higo et al. 1999, p. 324, nr. G3814.

Material examined

Xisha Is. 1 spec, CN 58M-1522, Yongxing Island (Xisha Is.), 20 May 1958 .

Distribution

Taiwan, Xisha Is.; Japan, Fiji, Reunion, Hawai.

Remarks

Our only specimen agrees very well with that of Zhang (1995) in shell profile, except for the shell colour, which is light yellow, while Zhang’ s specimen is uniformly purple.