Kermia tessellata

Kermia tessellata
Shells of Kermia tessellata
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
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 tessellata Hinds, 1843 (basionym) Defrancia mauritiana Sowerby, G.B. III, 1893 Defrancia tessellata (Hinds, 1843) Philbertia (Kermia) lata Hinds, 1843 [sic]. Pleurotoma apicalis Montrouzier, R.P. in Souverbie, S.M., 1861 Pleurotoma forbesii Montrouzier, 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]

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.

References

1. Kermia tessellata (Hinds, 1843). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 12 February 2011.
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• Montrouzier, R.P. in Souverbie, M. 1861. Descriptions d'espèces nouvelles de l'archipel Caledonien, (6th article). Journal de Conchyliologie 9: 271-284
• Sowerby, G.B. (3rd) 1893. Descriptions of fifteen new species of shells of the family Pleurotomidae. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1893: 487–492
• Hedley, C. 1922. A revision of the Australian Turridae. Records of the Australian Museum 13(6): 213–359, pls 42–56
• Dautzenberg, P. (1923). Liste préliminaire des mollusques marins de Madagascar et description de deux espèces nouvelles. Journal de Conchyliologie 68: 21-74
• Dautzenberg, Ph. (1929). Mollusques testacés marins de Madagascar. Faune des Colonies Francaises, Tome III
• Powell, A.W.B. 1966. The molluscan families Speightiidae and Turridae, an evaluation of the valid taxa, both Recent and fossil, with list of characteristic species. Bulletin of the Auckland Institute and Museum. Auckland, New Zealand 5: 1–184, pls 1–23
• Kilburn, R.N. (1977) Taxonomic studies on the marine Mollusca of southern Africa and Mozambique. Part 1. Annals of the Natal Museum, 23, 173–214
• Cernohorsky, W.O. 1978. Tropical Pacific marine shells. Sydney : Pacific Publications 352 pp., 68 pls
• Wells, F.F., Bryce, C.W., Clark, J.E. & Hansen, G.M. 1990. Christmas Shells. The marine molluscs of Christmas Island (Indian Ocean). Christmas Island: Australia : Christmas Island Natural History Association 98 pp., pls 1-81.

External links

• Hinds R. B. (1843). On new species of Pleurotoma, Clavatula, and Mangelia. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 11: 36-46
• "Kermia tessellata". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 12 February 2011.
• Tröndlé, J. E. A. N., and Michel Boutet. "Inventory of marine molluscs of French Polynesia." Atoll Research Bulletin (2009)
• Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.682.1.1.