Kermia bulbosa explained

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

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

Notes and References

  1. https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Mathias_Harzhauser/publication/262263580_A_seagrass-associated_Early_Miocene_Indo-Pacific_gastropod_fauna_from_South_West_India_Kerala/links/53eefda90cf2711e0c42e102/A-seagrass-associated-Early-Miocene-Indo-Pacific-gastropod-fauna-from-South-West-India-Kerala.pdf Harzhauser, Mathias, A seagrass-associated Early Miocene Indo-Pacific gastropod fauna from South West India (Kerala; Palaeontographica Abteilung A Band 302 Lieferung 1-6 (2013), p. 73 - 178