Kermia maculosa

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

Kermia maculosa
Shells of Kermia maculosa
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Caenogastropoda
Clade: Hypsogastropoda
Clade: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Raphitomidae
Genus: Kermia
Species:
K. maculosa
Binomial name
Kermia maculosa
(Pease, 1863)
Synonyms[1]
  • Clathurella maculosa Pease, 1863 (original combination)
  • Pleurotomoides maculosa (Pease, 1863)

Description

The 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

This marine species occurs off the Philippines.

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References

  1. 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
  2. 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
  • Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295.
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