Kermia cavernosa (Reeve, 1845)

Li, Baoquan & Li, Xinzheng, 2014, Report on the Raphitomidae Bellardi, 1875 (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Conoidea) from the China Seas, Journal of Natural History 48 (17), pp. 999-1025 : 1015

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.1080/00222933.2013.861939

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4337232

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03F087E8-FFA3-FFD8-57A4-43EFAFFCFAD6

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scientific name

Kermia cavernosa (Reeve, 1845)
status

 

* Kermia cavernosa (Reeve, 1845) View in CoL

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Pleurotoma cavernosa Reeve, 1845 , pl. 33, sp. 303. Type loc.: Philippine Is. Clathurella cavernosa – Tryon, 1884, p 290, pl. 17, fig. 10; pl. 19, fig. 69.

Clathurina cavernosa – Melvill, 1917, p. 186.

Kermia cavernosa – Kilburn, 2009, p. 227, figs. 25, 26.

Material examined

Yellow Sea. 2 specs, Zhucha Island (Qingdao, Shandong) .

Five syntypes, NHMUK 1963801 About NHMUK , Philippines; 5.9 × 2.5 mm, one retaining protoconch photographed .

Description

Whorls slightly flattened at periphery. Aperture oblong-ovate, inner lip evenly curved; outer lip weakly curved in side-view, anal sinus openly U-shaped, stromboid notch distinct, lip with up to six short ridges internally, becoming weak anteriorly; terminal varix narrow, raised, short distance behind lip.

Sculpture cancellate, with spiral cords forming sharp nodules where they cross axial ribs; base of last whorl with distinct waist. Axial ribs extending from suture to rostrum, in transect rounded, sides gently sloping, more or less equal in width to intervals; nine ribs on first teleoconch whorl, 11–13 on penultimate one. Spiral ridges sharp, much narrower than intervals, expanded slightly where cross ribs; two to three on early whorls, four to five on penultimate whorl, base of last whorl with one ridge, separated by gap from four to five nodular cords on rostrum; outer edge of lip with seven cords. Interstices with faint to microscopic collabral threads. Protoconch conical, of about three convex whorls, diagonally cancellate. Uniform yellowish-brown with paler nodules. Dimensions: 5.9 × 2.5 mm (syntype P.cavernosa ).

Distribution

Qingdao (Shandong Province); Philippines. Not previously recorded from China Seas.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Mollusca

Class

Gastropoda

Order

Neogastropoda

Family

Raphitomidae

Genus

Kermia

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