Kermia bulbosa

Kermia bulbosa is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Raphitomidae.[1]

Kermia bulbosa
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Caenogastropoda
Clade: Hypsogastropoda
Clade: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Raphitomidae
Genus: Kermia
Species:
K. bulbosa
Binomial name
Kermia bulbosa
Harzhauser, 2014

Description

The length reaches 2.8 mm, the diameter 1.1 mm.

Distribution

Fossils of this extinct species were found in Early Miocene strata of the Kerala Basin in South West India

References


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