Kurtziella margaritifera

Kurtziella margaritifera, common name the pearl-studded mangelia, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.[1]

Kurtziella margaritifera
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Mangeliidae
Genus: Kurtziella
Species:
K. margaritifera
Binomial name
Kurtziella margaritifera
Fargo, W.G. in Olsson, A.A. & A. Harbison, 1953

Distribution

K. margaritifera can be found in the Gulf of Mexico, ranging from the eastern Florida seaboard along the coast to Louisiana.[2]

It was also found as a fossil in Pliocene strata of North St. Petersburg, Florida, USA.

References

  1. Kurtziella margaritifera Fargo, 1953. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 9 August 2011.
  2. Tunnell, John W., Jr., Felder, Darryl L., & Earle, Sylvia A., eds. Gulf of Mexico Origin, Waters, and Biota, Volume 1: Biodiversity. Texas A&M University Press, 2009. 667.


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