Kermia granosa

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

Kermia granosa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Raphitomidae
Genus:	Kermia
Species:	K. granosa
Binomial name
Kermia granosa (Dunker, 1871)
Synonyms[1]
Clathurella granosa Dunker, 1871 Clathurella semilineata (Dunker, 1871). Defrancia granosa (Dunker, 1871) Glyphostoma granosa (Dunker, 1871). Kermia semilineata Garrett, 1873 Lienardia (Acrista) granosa (Dunker, 1871) Pseudodaphnella granosa (Dunker 1871)

Description

The length of the shell attains 6 mm.

The color of the shell is cinereous, with four or five revolving brown lines on the upper whorls and three near the base. The shell contains twelve ribs, rather stout. Tnterstices show small transverse ridges, which form nodules on the ribs. The sinus is large, rounded. The peristome is 6-7 toothed within. ^[2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs widely in the Indo-West Pacific: off Taiwan; Tahiti; Samoa; Réunion; Queensland, Australia