Kermia brunnea is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Raphitomidae.
Description The length of the shell attains 5 mm.
(Original description) The fusiformly elongate shell is ornamented with transverse granular ribs, and fine longitudinal raised striae. The whorls are slightly convex. The aperture is elongate-oval. The siphonal canal is short. The colour of the shell is dark brown. Pease, W. H. (1860). Descriptions of new species of mollusca from the Sandwich Islands (Part II). Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 28: 18-36, 141-148
Distribution This marine shell occurs off Hawaii.
References
Severns, M. (2011). Shells of the Hawaiian Islands - The Sea Shells. Conchbooks, Hackenheim. 564 pp.
External links Moretzsohn, Fabio, and E. Alison Kay. "HAWAIIAN MARINE MOLLUSCS." (1995)
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