Kermia cavernosa

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

Kermia cavernosa
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]
Daphnella (Mangilia cavernosa (Reeve, 1845) Clathurina cavernosa (Reeve, 1845) Pleurotoma cavernosa Reeve, 1845 (original combination) Pseudodaphnella cavernosa (Reeve, 1845)

Description

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]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off the Philippines, Indonesia and in the Persian Gulf and Fiji Islands