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Kermia daedalea (A. Garrett, 1873)

kingdom Animalia - animals »  phylum Mollusca - mollusks »  class Gastropoda - gastropods »  order Neogastropoda »  family Raphitomidae »  genus Kermia

Scientific synonyms

Philbertia phaedra Hervier, 1895
Pseudodaphnella phaedra R.P.J. Hervier, 1897

Images

Kermia daedalea

Author: Tardy, E. & Stahlschmidt, P.

Kermia daedalea

Author: Jan Delsing

Taxon in country check-lists*

Asia: Philippines, Oceania: New Caledonia

* List of countries might not be complete

Description

Shell elongate, solid, slightly glossy, yellowish-white, maculated with small irregular chestnut-brown spots, mostly confined to the ribs ; spire long, turreted, apex acute; whorls embryonal 3, brown, normal whorls 7, tabulate above, convex, last one produced into a short open slightly recurved canal; longitudinally ribbed, ribs small, compressed, rounded, slightly oblique, 13-14 on the body whorl, crossed by small, revolving elevated lines, forming granules where they intersect the ribs; aperture oblong, sub-rhomboid; posterior sinus very deep, ovate; peristome strongly varicose externally, rather acute, crenulate, and abbreviately lyrate within; columella faintly rugose with oblique wrinkles, nearly vertical, and together with the parietal region thinly callous.
Length 8 mm.
Source: Garrett, 1873. Descriptions of new species of marine shells inhabiting the South Sea Islands. (Original description)

Distribution

Fiji Islands
Author: Jan Delsing

Links and literature

EN Galli C.: WMSDB - Wolrdwide Mollusc Species Data Base July 10, 2013 [http://www.bagniliggia.it/WMSD/WMSDhome....] [as Kermia daedalea Garrett, 1873]
Data retrieved on: 23 November 2013
EN Galli C.: WMSDB - Wolrdwide Mollusc Species Data Base July 10, 2013 [http://www.bagniliggia.it/WMSD/WMSDhome....] [as Pseudodaphnella phaedra (Hervier, 1897)]
Data retrieved on: 22 November 2013

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