Kermia daedalea

Kermia daedalea
	Shell of Kermia daedalea
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Raphitomidae
Genus:	Kermia
Species:	K. daedalea
Binomial name
	Kermia daedalea; (Garrett, 1873)
Synonyms[1]
	Clathurella daedalea Garrett, 1873 (original combination); Clathurella phaedra Hervier, 1897; Philbertia daedalea (Garrett, 1873); Philbertia phaedra (Hervier, 1897); Pseudodaphnella phaedra (Hervier, 1897);

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

Description

The length of the shell varies between 3 mm and 8.5 mm.

The yellowish white shell is maculated with small irregular chestnut-brown spots, mostly confined to the ribs. The whorls are slightly tabulated at the sutures;. The ribs are rounded and compressed, 13-14 on the body whorl, slightly oblique, crossed by small, revolving elevated lines, forming granules at the intersections. The sinus is deep. The outer lip is varicose, crenulate and shortly lirate within. The columella is faintly rugose with oblique wrinkles.[2]

Distribution

This species occurs off Fiji; Vanuatu; Hawaii; South Africa.

References

Garrett, Andrew. "Descriptions of new species of marine shells inhabiting the South Sea Islands." Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (1873): 209-231.
Hervier, J., 1897 Description d'espèce nouvelles de mollusques provenant de l'archipel de la Nouvelle-Calédonie (suite) Journal de Conchyliologie, 44"1896" 138-151
Fischer-Piette, E., 1950. Liste des types décrits dans le Journal de Conchyliologie et conservés dans la collection de ce journal (avec planches)(suite). Journal de Conchyliologie 90: 149-180

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[WoRMS-1] Kermia daedalea . 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.