Kermia brunnea

Kermia brunnea
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Raphitomidae
Genus: Kermia
Species:
K. brunnea
Binomial name
Kermia brunnea
(Pease, 1860)
Synonyms[1]

Clathurella brunnea Pease, 1860

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

Description

The length of the shell attains 5 mm.

(Original description) The fusiformly elongate shell is ornamented with transverse granular ribs, and fine longitudinal raised striae. The whorls are slightly convex. The aperture is elongate-oval. The siphonal canal is short. The colour of the shell is dark brown. [2]

Distribution

This marine shell occurs off Hawaii.

References

  1. ^ a b Kermia brunnea (Pease, 1860). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 April 2010.
  2. ^ Pease, W. H. (1860). Descriptions of new species of mollusca from the Sandwich Islands (Part II). Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 28: 18-36, 141-148
  • Severns, M. (2011). Shells of the Hawaiian Islands - The Sea Shells. Conchbooks, Hackenheim. 564 pp.
  • Moretzsohn, Fabio, and E. Alison Kay. "HAWAIIAN MARINE MOLLUSCS." (1995)
  • Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.682.1.1.
  • Gastropods.com: Kermia brunnea