Kermia tessellata

Kermia tessellata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda; clade Hypsogastropoda; clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Raphitomidae
Genus:	Kermia
Species:	K. tessellata
Binomial name
	Kermia tessellata; (Hinds, 1843)
Synonyms
	Clathurella apicalis rufula (f) Hervier, R.P.J., 1897; Clathurella tessellata; Clavatula tessellata Hinds, 1843 (basionym); Defrancia mauritiana Sowerby, G.B. III, 1893; Defrancia tessellata Hinds; Pleurotoma apicalis Montrouzier, R.P. in Souverbie, S.M., 1861; Pleurotomoides tessellata (Hinds, 1843);

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

Description

The shell grows to a length of 10 mm

This species is distributed in the Indian Ocean along Madagascar and Mauritius, and in the Pacific Ocean along Taiwan, New Caledonia and Northeast Australia.

Dautzenberg, P. (1923). Liste préliminaire des mollusques marins de Madagascar et description de deux espèces nouvelles. Journal de Conchyliologie 68: 21-74
Dautzenberg, Ph. (1929). Mollusques testacés marins de Madagascar. Faune des Colonies Francaises, Tome III

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