Kermia felina is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Raphitomidae.[1]
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| Image of a shell of Kermia felina | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Raphitomidae |
| Genus: | Kermia |
| Species: | K. felina
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| Binomial name | |
| Kermia felina (Reeve, 1843)
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Description edit
The length of the shell varies between 5 mm and 10 mm.
The shell is decussated by longitudinal and revolving sculpture. It is yellowish white, with chestnut short longitudinal strigations upon the granules, often upon every alternate rib, interrupted by a central white space, and again painted towards the base. Sometimes this coloring is broken up and more or less dispersed over the surface. [2]
Distribution edit
This species occurs off Taiwan, Samoa and Queensland, Australia.
References edit
- ^ a b MolluscaBase (2019). MolluscaBase. Kermia felina (Reeve, 1843). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1030862 on 2019-07-16
- ^ G.W. Tryon (1884) Manual of Conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species, vol. VI; Philadelphia, Academy of Natural Sciences
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- Reeve, L.A. 1843. Monograph of the genus Pleurotoma. pls 1–18 in Reeve, L.A. (ed.). Conchologica Iconica. London : L. Reeve & Co. Vol. 1.
- Kuroda, T. & Habe, T. 1952. Checklist and bibliography of the Recent Mollusca of Japan. Tokyo : Leo W. Stach 210 pp.
- 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
- Cernohorsky, W.O. (1978a) Tropical Pacific Marine Shells. Pacific Publications, Sydney and New York, 352 pp. page(s): 161, pl. 57 fig. 12
External links edit
- Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.682.1.1.
- Gastropods.com: Kermia felina
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