Kermia cavernosa

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Kermia cavernosa
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Shell of Kermia cavernosa
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Raphitomidae
Genus: Kermia
Species:
K. cavernosa
Binomial name
Kermia cavernosa
(Reeve, 1845)
Synonyms [1]
  • Daphnella (Mangilia cavernosa(Reeve, 1845)
  • Clathurina cavernosa(Reeve, 1845)
  • Pleurotoma cavernosaReeve, 1845 (original combination)
  • Pseudodaphnella cavernosa(Reeve, 1845)

Kermia cavernosa is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Raphitomidae. [1]

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Description

The length of the shell attains 9 – 10 mm.

The shell is narrowly shouldered. The ribs are oblique, rather narrow. The shell is white, the shoulder light chestnut, with sometimes a few chestnut spots on the body whorl. [2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off the Philippines, Indonesia and in the Persian Gulf and Fiji Islands

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References

  1. 1 2 MolluscaBase (2019). MolluscaBase. Kermia cavernosa (Reeve, 1845). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=759408 on 2019-07-15
  2. G.W. Tryon (1884) Manual of Conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species, vol. VI; Philadelphia, Academy of Natural Sciences PD-icon.svgThis article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.