Kurtziella perryae

Kurtziella perryae is a species of very small predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.[1]

Kurtziella perryae
Shell of Kurtziella perryae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Mangeliidae
Genus: Kurtziella
Species:
K. perryae
Binomial name
Kurtziella perryae
Bartsch & Rehder, 1939

Description

The length of the shell attains 7 mm.

Distribution

K. perryae can be found in the Gulf of Mexico, ranging from the coast of Texas to western Florida.[2]

References

  1. Kurtziella perryae Bartsch & Rehder, 1939. 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.
  • Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1–1295.
  • "Kurtziella perryae". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.


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