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

Kermia aniani
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. aniani
Binomial name
Kermia aniani
Kay, 1979

Description edit

The length of the shell attains 3.1 mm, its diameter 1.2 mm.

Distribution edit

This marine species occurs off Hawaii and Tahiti.

References edit

  1. ^ a b Kermia aniani Kay, 1979. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 April 2010.
  • Kay, E.A. 1979. Hawaiian marine shells. Reef and shore fauna of Hawaii. Section 4: Mollusca. Bernice P. Bishop Museum Special Publications 64 (4): 1–653.

External links edit

  • Gastropods.com: Kermia aniani
  • Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.682.1.1.
  • Kay, E. A. (1979). Hawaiian marine shells. Reef and shore fauna of Hawaii. Section 4: Mollusca. Bernice P. Bishop Museum Special Publications. 64xviii + 1-653
  • Moretzsohn, Fabio, and E. Alison Kay. "HAWAIIAN MARINE MOLLUSCS." (1995)