Kermia foraminata

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Kermia foraminata
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Shell of Kermia foraminata
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Raphitomidae
Genus: Kermia
Species:
K. foraminata
Binomial name
Kermia foraminata
(Reeve, 1845)
Synonyms [1]
  • Clathurella foraminata(Reeve, 1845)
  • Clathurella foraminata var. camacinaMelvill, 1898
  • Clathurina foraminata(Reeve, 1845)
  • Pleurotoma foraminataReeve, 1845 (original combination)

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

Contents

This is a nomen dubium.

Description

The length of the shell attains 9 mm, its diameter 2.75 mm.

The three specimens before the author (J.C. Melvill) are alike in shape, two are dark-brown in colour, the third a paler ochre yellow. The clathrations are beautifully regular, and in a young specimen the point of junction between the longitudinal and spiral lirae is gemmuled with shining small papillae. The shell contains seven or eight whorls. The aperture is acute. The outer lip is thickened. The crenulated sinus is wide, but not cut deeply. The columella is nearly straight. [2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Karachi, Pakistan.

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