Kermia geraldsmithi is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Raphitomidae.[1]
Kermia geraldsmithi | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Superfamily: | Conoidea |
Family: | Raphitomidae |
Genus: | Kermia |
Species: | K. geraldsmithi
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Binomial name | |
Kermia geraldsmithi Kilburn, 2009
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Description
editThe length of the shell varies between 4 mm and 6 mm.
Distribution
editThis marine species occurs off KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
References
edit- ^ a b MolluscaBase (2019). MolluscaBase. Kermia geraldsmithi Kilburn, 2009. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=513832 on 2019-07-15
External links
edit- Kilburn, R. N. (2009). Genus Kermia (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Conoidea: Conidae: Raphitominae) in South African Waters, with Observations on the Identities of Related Extralimital Species. African Invertebrates. 50(2): 217-236
- Gastropods.com: Kermia geraldsmithi