Kermia sagenaria

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Kermia sagenaria
Kermia sagenaria 001.jpg
Shell and protoconch of Kermia sagenaria (holotype at the Smithsonian Institution)
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Raphitomidae
Genus: Kermia
Species:
K. sagenaria
Binomial name
Kermia sagenaria
Rehder, 1980

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

Description[]

The length of the shell varies between 5.5 mm and 8 mm.

Distribution[]

This marine species occurs off Easter Island, the Austral Islands and the Philippines.

References[]

  1. ^ a b Kermia sagenaria Rehder, 1980. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 April 2010.

External links[]

  • Tröndlé, J. E. A. N., and Michel Boutet. "Inventory of marine molluscs of French Polynesia." Atoll Research Bulletin (2009)
  • Rehder H. A. (1980). The marine mollusks of Easter Island (Isla de Pascua) and Sala y Gómez. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology. 289: 1-167, 15 figs, 14 pls
  • Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295.
  • Gastropods.com: Kermia sagenaria


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