{{Short description|Species of gastropod}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}} {{Speciesbox |taxon =Kermia lutea |image = Naturalis Biodiversity Center - RMNH.MOL.226099 - Kermia lutea (Pease, 1860) - Raphitomidae - Mollusc shell.jpeg |image_caption = |authority = (Pease, 1860) |synonyms_ref = <ref name="WoRMS" /> |synonyms = * ''Borsonia lutea'' <small>Pease, 1860</small> * ''Mangilia thereganum'' <small>Melvill & Standen, 1896</small> |display_parents = 3 }}

'''''Kermia lutea''''' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Raphitomidae.<ref name="WoRMS">{{WRMS species|434132|''Kermia lutea'' (Pease, 1860)||5 April 2010}}</ref>

==Description== The length of the shell attains 7&nbsp;mm.

(Original description) The fusiform, solid shell is shining. The whorls are convex, angulated at the sutures and longitudinally regularly and closely ribbed, crossed by regular transverse ridges. The aperture is narrow. The outer lip is thick and denticulated within. The siphonal canal is produced aud recurved. The colour of the shell is light yellowish-brown.<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Pease|first1=W. Harper|title=Descriptions of New Species of Mollusca from the Sandwich Islands (Part II.)|journal=Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London|date=1860|volume=28|page=143|doi=10.1111/j.1469-7998.1860.tb00359.x|url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12866669}}</ref>

==Distribution== This marine species occurs off the Bonins, Japan; Philippines

==References== {{Reflist}} * Dudgeon, D.; Morton, B. (1982). ''The coral associated Mollusca of Tolo Harbour and Channel, Hong Kong.'' In: Morton B, editor. Proceedings of the first international marine biological workshop: The marine flora and fauna of Hong Kong and southern China. Hong Kong University Press, Hong Kong. 2: 627–650 * Severns, M. (2011). ''Shells of the Hawaiian Islands - The Sea Shells'' * Liu J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). ''Checklist of marine biota of China seas''. China Science Press. 1267 pp. . Conchbooks, Hackenheim. 564 pp.

==External links== {{Commons category}} * {{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/2/Shell_19122.shtml Gastropods.com: ''Kermia lutea''] * [https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/99811#page/295/mode/1up 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]

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Kermia Lutea}} lutea Category:Gastropods described in 1860 Category:Taxa named by William Harper Pease