Kermia tessellata

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Kermia tessellata
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Shells of Kermia tessellata
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Raphitomidae
Genus: Kermia
Species:
K. tessellata
Binomial name
Kermia tessellata
(Hinds, 1843)
Synonyms [1]
  • Clathurella apicalis rufula (f) Hervier, R.P.J., 1897
  • Clathurella tessellata
  • Clavatula tessellataHinds, 1843 (basionym)
  • Defrancia mauritianaSowerby, G.B. III, 1893
  • Defrancia tessellata(Hinds, 1843)
  • Philbertia (Kermia) lataHinds, 1843 [sic].
  • Pleurotoma apicalisMontrouzier, R.P. in Souverbie, S.M., 1861
  • Pleurotoma forbesiiMontrouzier, R.P. in Souverbie, M. 1861
  • Pleurotomoides tessellata(Hinds, 1843)
  • Pseudodaphnella tessellata(Hinds, 1843)

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

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Description

The shell grows to a length of 10 mm

The whorls are granular, decussated with longitudinal and spiral lines. They are painted with brown somewhat square spots. [2]

Distribution

This species occurs in the Indian Ocean off Madagascar and Mauritius, and in the Pacific Ocean off Taiwan, New Caledonia and Northeast Australia.

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References

  1. 1 2 Kermia tessellata (Hinds, 1843) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 12 February 2011.
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