Kermia caletria

Kermia caletria
	Original image of a shell of Kermia caletria
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Raphitomidae
Genus:	Kermia
Species:	K. caletria
Binomial name
	Kermia caletria; (Melvill & Standen, 1896)
Synonyms[1]
	Clathurella caletria Melvill & Standen, 1896

Kermia caletria is a species of sea snail, marine gastropod mollusk in the family Raphitomidae.[1] Measuring a length of 4.5 mm, with a 1.5 mm diameter, the beautiful species is white and slightly ochraceous at the sutures. It contains seven whorls, turreted, two smooth whorls being apical, finely and regularly clathrate. The aperture is sinuously-oblong. The crenulate outer lip is simple within. The columellar margin is minutely toothed towards the base. The sinus is wide.[2] The siphonal canal is a little produced. There is a very pale ochraceous band round the middle of the body whorl, as at the sutures. The sinus is deeply cut behind. At the sutural margin of the outer lip is a bright ochraceous thickened callus.[3]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off New Caledonia.

References

Kermia caletria (Melvill & Standen, 1896). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 April 2010.
Australia, Atlas of Living. "Genus: Kermia". bie.ala.org.au. Retrieved 20 July 2020.
Melvill J.C. & Standen R. (1896) Notes on a collection of shells from Lifu and Uvea, Loyalty Islands, formed by the Rev. James and Mrs. Hadfield, with list of species. Part II. Journal of Conchology 8: 273-315 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.public domain.

Liu J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp.

External links

Tröndlé, J. E. A. N., and Michel Boutet. "Inventory of marine molluscs of French Polynesia." Atoll Research Bulletin (2009)
Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295.
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[WoRMS-1] Kermia caletria (Melvill & Standen, 1896). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 April 2010.

[2] Australia, Atlas of Living. "Genus: Kermia". bie.ala.org.au. Retrieved 20 July 2020.

[3] Melvill J.C. & Standen R. (1896) Notes on a collection of shells from Lifu and Uvea, Loyalty Islands, formed by the Rev. James and Mrs. Hadfield, with list of species. Part II. Journal of Conchology 8: 273-315 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.public domain.