WoRMS taxon details
Kanamarua hyatinthus Shikama, 1973
491048 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:491048)
accepted
Species
Kanamarua rehderi Kilburn, 1977 · unaccepted
Metula rehderi (Kilburn, 1977) · unaccepted
Metula vicdani Kosuge, 1989 · unaccepted
marine
Shikama, T. (1973). Description of new marine Gastropoda from the East and South China seas. <em>Science Reports of the Yokohama National University, section 2, Geology.</em> 20(2): 1-8.
page(s): 7, pl. 2 fig. 15-16 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 7, pl. 2 fig. 15-16 [details] Available for editors

Type locality contained in South China Sea
type locality contained in South China Sea [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Kanamarua hyatinthus Shikama, 1973. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=491048 on 2025-08-16
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Nomenclature
original description
Shikama, T. (1973). Description of new marine Gastropoda from the East and South China seas. <em>Science Reports of the Yokohama National University, section 2, Geology.</em> 20(2): 1-8.
page(s): 7, pl. 2 fig. 15-16 [details] Available for editors
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original description (of Kanamarua rehderi Kilburn, 1977) Kilburn, R.N. (1977) Taxonomic studies on the marine Mollusca of southern Africa and Mozambique. Part 1. Annals of the Natal Museum, 23, 173–214., available online at https://journals.co.za/content/annals/23/1/AJA03040798_574
page(s): 193, fig. 21. [details]
original description (of Metula vicdani Kosuge, 1989) Kosuge, S. (1989). Studies on the collection of Mr. Victor Dan (9). Description of new species of the genus <i>Metula</i> from the Philippine Sea (Gastropoda: Buccinidae). <em>Bulletin of the Institute of Malacology, Tokyo.</em> 2 (8): 130-131.
page(s): 130-131, pl. 50 fig. 1-4 [details]
page(s): 7, pl. 2 fig. 15-16 [details] Available for editors

original description (of Kanamarua rehderi Kilburn, 1977) Kilburn, R.N. (1977) Taxonomic studies on the marine Mollusca of southern Africa and Mozambique. Part 1. Annals of the Natal Museum, 23, 173–214., available online at https://journals.co.za/content/annals/23/1/AJA03040798_574
page(s): 193, fig. 21. [details]
original description (of Metula vicdani Kosuge, 1989) Kosuge, S. (1989). Studies on the collection of Mr. Victor Dan (9). Description of new species of the genus <i>Metula</i> from the Philippine Sea (Gastropoda: Buccinidae). <em>Bulletin of the Institute of Malacology, Tokyo.</em> 2 (8): 130-131.
page(s): 130-131, pl. 50 fig. 1-4 [details]
Identification resource
identification resource
Marais J.P. & Kilburn R.N. (2010) Colubrariidae. Pp. 54-59, in: Marais A.P. & Seccombe A.D. (eds), Identification guide to the seashells of South Africa. Volume 1. Groenkloof: Centre for Molluscan Studies. 376 pp. [details]
Other
additional source
Fraussen K. & Lamy D. (2008). Revision of the genus <i>Kanamarua</i> Kuroda, 1951 (Gastropoda: Colubrariidae) with the description of two new species.
<i>Novapex</i> 9(4): 129-140 [details]





To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Kanamarua rehderi Kilburn, 1977)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Metula vicdani Kosuge, 1989)
To Malacopics (Kanamarua hyatinthus Shikama, 1973 Philippines, Central Visayas, Negros Oriental, Siquijor, by tangle net, at 200-300 m depth, collected 2008-00-00, ex coll. H.H.M. Vermeij .)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Metula vicdani Kosuge, 1989)
To Malacopics (Kanamarua hyatinthus Shikama, 1973 Philippines, Central Visayas, Negros Oriental, Siquijor, by tangle net, at 200-300 m depth, collected 2008-00-00, ex coll. H.H.M. Vermeij .)