Kermia brunnea

Kermia brunnea
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Raphitomidae
Genus:	Kermia
Species:	K. brunnea
Binomial name
	Kermia brunnea; (Pease, 1860)
Synonyms
	Clathurella brunnea Pease, 1860

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

Description[edit]

The length of the shell attains 5 mm.

(Original description) The fusiformly elongate shell is ornamented with transverse granular ribs, and fine longitudinal raised striae. The whorls are slightly convex. The aperture is elongate-oval. The siphonal canal is short. The colour of the shell is dark brown. ^[2]

Distribution[edit]

This marine shell occurs off Hawaii.

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b Kermia brunnea (Pease, 1860). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 April 2010.
^ Pease, W. H. (1860). Descriptions of new species of mollusca from the Sandwich Islands (Part II). Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 28: 18-36, 141-148

Severns, M. (2011). Shells of the Hawaiian Islands - The Sea Shells. Conchbooks, Hackenheim. 564 pp.

External links[edit]

Moretzsohn, Fabio, and E. Alison Kay. "HAWAIIAN MARINE MOLLUSCS." (1995)
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 brunnea

[WoRMS-1] Kermia brunnea (Pease, 1860). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 April 2010.

[2] Pease, W. H. (1860). Descriptions of new species of mollusca from the Sandwich Islands (Part II). Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 28: 18-36, 141-148

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