Kermia granosa

Kermia granosa
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Raphitomidae
Genus:	Kermia
Species:	K. granosa
Binomial name
	Kermia granosa; (Dunker, 1871)
Synonyms
	Clathurella granosa Dunker, 1871; Clathurella semilineata (Dunker, 1871).; Defrancia granosa (Dunker, 1871); Glyphostoma granosa (Dunker, 1871).; Kermia semilineata Garrett, 1873; Lienardia (Acrista) granosa (Dunker, 1871); Pseudodaphnella granosa (Dunker 1871);

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

Description

The length of the shell attains 6 mm.

The color of the shell is cinereous, with four or five revolving brown lines on the upper whorls and three near the base. The shell contains twelve ribs, rather stout. Tnterstices show small transverse ridges, which form nodules on the ribs. The sinus is large, rounded. The peristome is 6-7 toothed within. ^[2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs widely in the Indo-West Pacific: off Taiwan; Tahiti; Samoa; Réunion; Queensland, Australia

References

^ ^a ^b Kermia granosa (Dunker, 1871). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 April 2010.
^ 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.

Dunker, G. 1871. Mollusca nova Musei Godeffroy Hamburgensis. Malakozoologische Blätter 18: 150–175
Paetel, F. 1888–1890. Catalog der Conchylien-Sammlung, mit Hinzufügung der bis jetzt publicirtne recenten Arten, sowie der ermittelten Synonyma. Berlin : Paetel.
Bouge, L.J. & Dautzenberg, P.L. 1914. Les Pleurotomides de la Nouvelle-Caledonie et de ses dependances. Journal de Conchyliologie 61: 123–214
Richard, G. 1985. Mollusca. Anonymous (Eds.) French Polynesian Coral Reefs, Reef Knowledge and Field Guides. Fauna and Flora. Proceedings of the Fifth International Coral Reef Congress, tahiti, 27 May-1 June, 1985. Antenne Museum-Ephe, Morea, Tahiti, 1. pp. 412-445
Liu J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp
Zhenguo, Z. 1995. Studies on micromolluscan Turridae of Lüdao Islet, Taiwan. Studia Marina Sinica 36: 273–296, 5 pls

External links

MNHN, Paris: specimen
Tröndlé, J. E. A. N., and Michel Boutet. "Inventory of marine molluscs of French Polynesia." Atoll Research Bulletin (2009)
Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295.
Gastropods.com: Kermia granosa
ANSP: Pseudaphnella granosa

[WoRMS-1] Kermia granosa (Dunker, 1871). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 April 2010.

[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.

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