Kermia melanoxytum

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Kermia melanoxytum
Shell of Kermia melanoxytum (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Raphitomidae
Genus: Kermia
Species:
K. melanoxytum
Binomial name
Kermia melanoxytum
(Hervier, 1896)
Synonyms[1]
  • Defrancia melanoxytum (Hervier, 1896)
  • Glyphostoma melanoxytum Hervier, 1896 (original combination)
  • Lienardia melanoxytum (Hervier, 1896)

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

The length of the shell varies between 4 mm and 5 mm; its diameter reaches a max of 2 mm.

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