Kanamarua narcissisma

Kanamarua narcissisma
Shell of Kanamarua narcissisma (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Colubrariidae
Genus: Kanamarua
Species:
K. narcissisma
Binomial name
Kanamarua narcissisma
Fraussen & Lamy, 2008[1]

Kanamarua narcissisma is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Colubrariidae.[2]

Description

The length of the shell attains 41 mm. It is characterized by a slender shell with numerous fine spiral cords and rather narrow but deep interspaces.[3] It is solid, semi transparent and white.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Indonesia.

References

  1. ^ Fraussen & Lamy (2008). Novapex 9 (4) : 129–140. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 17 April 2010.
  2. ^ Kanamarua narcissisma Fraussen & Lamy, 2008. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 17 April 2010.
  3. ^ K. FRAUSSEN & D. LAMY (10 November 2008). "Revision of the genus Kanamarua Kuroda, 1951 (Gastropoda: Colubrariidae) with the description of two new species". Novapex. 9 (4): 129–140.
  • Fraussen K. & Lamy D. (2008). Revision of the genus Kanamarua Kuroda, 1951 (Gastropoda: Colubrariidae) with the description of two new species. Novapex 9(4): 129-140