Kermia maculosa is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Raphitomidae.[1]
| Kermia maculosa | |
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| Shells of Kermia maculosa | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Raphitomidae |
| Genus: | Kermia |
| Species: | K. maculosa
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| Binomial name | |
| Kermia maculosa (Pease, 1863)
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Description
editThe length of the shell varies between 5 mm and 6 mm; its diameter 2½ mm.
(Original description) The oblong-ovate shell is white, shining and sparsely blotched with dark chestnut-brown. It is longitudinally ribbed and transversely elevately striated. The whorls are convex. The aperture is less than one-half the length of the shell. [2]
Distribution
editThis marine species occurs off the Philippines.
References
edit- ^ a b MolluscaBase (2019). MolluscaBase. Kermia maculosa (Pease, 1863). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1027708 on 2019-07-17
- ^ Pease W.H. (1863 ["1862"). Description of new species of marine shells from the Pacific Islands. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. (1862): 240-243]
- Shasky D.R. (1997). Reinstatement of Kermia maculosa (Pease, 1862) (Gastropoda: Turridae). The Festivus. 29: 11-13
External links
edit- Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.682.1.1.
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