Kermia tessellata

Kermia tessellata
Kermia tessellata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Conidae
Subfamily: Raphitominae
Genus: Kermia
Species: K. tessellata
Binomial name
Kermia tessellata
(Hinds, 1843)
Synonyms[1]
  • 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 Conidae.[1]

Contents

Description

The shell grows to a length of 10 mm

Distribution

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

References

  1. ^ a b Kermia tessellata (Hinds, 1843).  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=434142 on 12 February 2011.
  • 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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