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

Kermia cavernosa
Shell of Kermia cavernosa
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Raphitomidae
Genus: Kermia
Species:
K. cavernosa
Binomial name
Kermia cavernosa
(Reeve, 1845)
Synonyms[1]
  • Daphnella (Mangilia cavernosa (Reeve, 1845)
  • Clathurina cavernosa (Reeve, 1845)
  • Pleurotoma cavernosa Reeve, 1845 (original combination)
  • Pseudodaphnella cavernosa (Reeve, 1845)

Description

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The length of the shell attains 9 – 10 mm.

The shell is narrowly shouldered. The ribs are oblique, rather narrow. The shell is white, the shoulder light chestnut, with sometimes a few chestnut spots on the body whorl.[2]

Distribution

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This marine species occurs off the Philippines, Indonesia and in the Persian Gulf and Fiji Islands

References

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  1. ^ a b MolluscaBase (2019). MolluscaBase. Kermia cavernosa (Reeve, 1845). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=759408 on 2019-07-15
  2. ^ G.W. Tryon (1884) Manual of Conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species, vol. VI; Philadelphia, Academy of Natural Sciences   This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  • Reeve, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1845, p. 118
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