Kermia lutea

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Kermia lutea
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Raphitomidae
Genus: Kermia
Species:
K. lutea
Binomial name
Kermia lutea
(Pease, 1860)
Synonyms [1]
  • Borsonia luteaPease, 1860
  • Mangilia thereganumMelvill & Standen, 1896

Kermia lutea 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 7 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. [2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off the Bonins, Japan; Philippines

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References

  1. 1 2 Kermia lutea (Pease, 1860) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 5 April 2010.
  2. ↑ Pease, W. Harper (1860). "Descriptions of New Species of Mollusca from the Sandwich Islands (Part II.)". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 28: 143. doi:10.1111/j.1469-7998.1860.tb00359.x.
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