Kermia chichijimana
| Kermia chichijimana | |
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| Original image of a shell of Kermia chichijimana | |
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. chichijimana
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| Binomial name | |
| Kermia chichijimana (Pilsbry, 1904)
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| Synonyms[1] | |
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Clathurella chichijimana Pilsbry, 1904 | |
Kermia chichijimana is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Raphitomidae.[1]
This species is also considered a synonym of Pseudodaphnella barnardi (Brazier, 1876)
Description[edit]
The length of the shell attains 4 mm, its diameter 1.7 mm.
(Original description) The small, solid shell has a fusiform shape. It is gray-white with five black-brown and the same number of white longitudinal stripes on the ribs, sometimes continuous, sometimes dislocated. The sculpture consists of 10 strong longitudinal ribs crossed by spiral threads which swell into tubercles on the ribs, and are 9 or 10 in number on the body whorl. The shell contains 7 whorls, the first 2½ yellow, rounded, forming a trochiform protoconch, sculptured with vertical riblets decussated by delicate, obliquely forward-descending striae. The junction of the protoconch and the sculptured shell is very oblique and sharply defined. The aperture is narrow, with a deep sinus above. The outer lip contains four small teeth within. [2]
Distribution[edit]
This marine species occurs off Japan.
References[edit]
- ^ a b Kermia chichijimana (Pilsbry, 1904). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 April 2010.
- ^ Pilsbry, Henry A., Sc.D. New Japanese Marine Mollusca: Gastropoda (Plates I-VI); Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia v. 56 (1904)
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
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.