Biology:Kermia catharia

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Short description: Species of gastropod

Kermia catharia
Kermia catharia 001.jpg
Original image of a shell of Kermia catharia
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Raphitomidae
Genus: Kermia
Species:
K. catharia
Binomial name
Kermia catharia
(Melvill, 1917)
Synonyms[1]

Clathurina catharia Melvill, 1917

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

Description

The length of the shell attains 4 mm, its diameter 1.5 mm.

The small delicate, white shell has an ovate-fusiform shape. It contains 8 whorls of which 2½ in the protoconch, with a pale straw color, globose and microscopically cancellate ribs. The subsequent whorls contains thick, rounded ribs, crossed everywhere by rough, spiral lirae; nine ribs and nine lirae in the body whorl. The aperture is narrow. The outer lip is slightly incrassate. The columella is oblique. The siphonal canal is recurved.[2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Gulf of Oman.

References

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q3721457 entry