Kermia cavernosa
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| Kermia cavernosa | |
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| Shell of Kermia cavernosa | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Raphitomidae |
| Genus: | Kermia |
| Species: | K. cavernosa |
| Binomial name | |
| Kermia cavernosa (Reeve, 1845) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Kermia cavernosa is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Raphitomidae.[1]
The length of the shell attains 9 – 10 mm.
The shell is narrowly shouldered. The ribs are oblique, rather narrow. The shell is white, the shoulder light chestnut, with sometimes a few chestnut spots on the body whorl.[2]
