Kermia episema

{{Short description|Species of gastropod}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}} {{Speciesbox |taxon =Kermia episema |image = Kermia episema 001.jpg |image_caption = Original image of a shell of ''Kermia episema'' |authority = ([[James Cosmo Melvill (naturalist)|Melvill]] & Standen, 1896) |synonyms_ref = <ref name="WoRMS" /> |synonyms = * ''Clathurella episema'' Melvill & Standen, 1896 * ''Clathurella euzonata minor'' (var.) Hervier, R.P.J., 1897 * ''Philbertia episema'' (Melvill & Standen, 1896) * ''Raphitoma euzonata'' Hervier, 1897: |display_parents = 3 }}

'''''Kermia episema''''' is a [[species]] of [[sea snail]], a marine [[gastropod]] [[mollusk]] in the [[Family (taxonomy)|family]] [[Raphitomidae]].<ref name="WoRMS">MolluscaBase (2019). MolluscaBase. Kermia episema (Melvill & Standen, 1896). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=596490 on 2019-07-13</ref>

==Description== The length of the shell attains 4.5 mm, its diameter 1.25 mm.

(Original description) This neat little species has the usual fusiform shape,. It contains five [[Whorl (mollusc)|whorls]], exclusive of the apical, not present in our specimens. The whorls are clathrate, with longitudinal ribs and spiral lirae, these being pale ochreous-white, the interstices darker ochreous. The [[body whorl]] is slightly prolonged and sculptured in the same way as the upper whorls. One or two of the longitudinal ribs seem thicker than the others, giving a very slightly varicose appearance. The columellar margin is straight, simple, six denticled. The outer [[Lip (gastropod)|lip]] is incrassate, six denticled within. The sinus is deep and large.<ref>[https://archive.org/details/journalofconchol8189597conc Melvill J.C. & Standen R. (1896) Notes on a collection of shells from Lifu and Uvea, Loyalty Islands, formed by the Rev. James and Mrs. Hadfield, with list of species. Part II. Journal of Conchology 8: 273-315] {{PD-notice}}</ref>

==Distribution== This marine species occurs off [[Taiwan]] to [[Australia]]; also off the [[Fiji Islands]], [[Cook Islands]], [[New Caledonia]]<ref>[http://clade.ansp.org/malacology/collections/search.php?submitbut=Search&name=Pseudodaphnella&location=&agent=&catalog= ANSP: Pseudodaphnella episema]</ref>

==References== {{Reflist}} * Higo, S., Callomon, P. & Goto, Y. (1999) ''Catalogue and Bibliography of the Marine Shell-Bearing Mollusca of Japan''. Elle Scientific Publications, Yao, Japan, 749 pp. * Liu J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). ''Checklist of marine biota of China seas.'' China Science Press. 1267 pp.

==External links== * {{cite journal | last1 = Tucker | first1 = J.K. | year = 2004 | title = Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda) | url = http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2004f/z00682f.pdf | journal = Zootaxa | volume = 682 | pages = 1–1295 | doi = 10.11646/zootaxa.682.1.1 }} * [http://www.gastropods.com/6/Shell_18646.shtml Gastropods.com: ''Kermia episema''] * [https://archive.org/details/revisionofaustri00hedl Hedley, C. 1922. A revision of the Australian Turridae. Records of the Australian Museum 13(6): 213-359, pls 42-56] {{PD-notice}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Kermia eEisema}} [[Category:Kermia|episema]] [[Category:Gastropods described in 1896]] [[Category:Taxa named by James Cosmo Melvill]]