Kermia catharia is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Raphitomidae.[1]
| Kermia catharia | |
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| Original image of a shell of Kermia catharia | |
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. catharia
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| Binomial name | |
| Kermia catharia (Melvill, 1917)
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| Synonyms[1] | |
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Clathurina catharia Melvill, 1917 | |
Description
editThe 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
editThis marine species occurs in the Gulf of Oman.
References
edit- ^ a b Kermia catharia (Melvill, 1917). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 April 2010.
- ^ J.C. Melvill (1917), A revision of the Turridae (Pleurotomidae) occurring in the Persian Gulf, Gulf of Oman and North Arabian Sea, as evidenced mostly through the results of dredgings carried out by Mr. F. W. Townsend, 1893-1914; Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London vol. 12, 1917
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.