Kermidaphnella bifasciata

Kermidaphnella bifasciata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Raphitomidae
Genus: Kermidaphnella
Species:
K. bifasciata
Binomial name
Kermidaphnella bifasciata
(Pease, 1860)
Synonyms[1]
  • Borsonia bifasciata Pease, 1860
  • Kermia bifasciata (Pease, 1860)

Kermidaphnella bifasciata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Raphitomidae.[1]

Description

The length of the shell varies between 5.32 mm and 8.04 mm.

(Original description) The fusiform, shining shell is longitudinally coarsely ribbed (14 on the body whorl) and crossed by coarse raised striae. The protoconch consists of three brown conical whorls. The five whorls of the teleoconch are rounded at the sutures. The outer lip is thick, incurved, serrated on the edges at the termination of the transverse striae. The ovate aperture has no denticles. The siphonal canal is short and slightly recurved. The colour of the shell is white. There are two light brown bands on each whorl.[2][3]

Taxonomy

It was assigned to Kermia by Kay, 1979,[4] and moved to the new genus Kermidaphnella in 2025.[5]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Hawaii and Easter Island and French Polynesia; also in the Red Sea.

References

  1. ^ a b Kermidaphnella bifasciata (Pease, 1860). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 20 February 2026.
  2. ^ 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
  3. ^ Raines, Bret K. "Contributions to the knowledge of Easter Island Mollusca." La Conchiglia 304 (2002): 11-40.
  4. ^ Kay EA. 1979. Hawaiian marine shells. Reef and shore fauna of Hawaii. Section 4: mollusca. Bernice P. Bishop Mus Spec Publ. 64:xviii + 1–653
  5. ^ Wiedrick, S. G. (2025). Synopsis, classification and revision of molluscan turri-form conoidean fauna of the Hawaiian Islands, with the description of 89 new species and four new genera. Pennsauken & Los Angeles: BabyBook & Shawn Greggory Wiedrick.

Further reading

  • Liu J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp.
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