Kurtziella serta
Kurtziella serta, common name the wreath mangelia, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.[1]
| Kurtziella serta | |
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| Shell of Kurtziella serta (specimen at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Mangeliidae |
| Genus: | Kurtziella |
| Species: | K. serta |
| Binomial name | |
| Kurtziella serta Fargo, W.G. in Olsson, A.A. & A. Harbison, 1953 | |
Description
The length of the shell attains 10 mm.
Distribution
K. serta can be found in the Gulf of Mexico, ranging from Panama to Southern Brazil; also off Martinique.
References
- Rosenberg, G. (2010). Kurtziella serta (Fargo, 1953). In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=532260 on 2017-08-01
- Fargo, W. G. 1953. Pliocene Mollusca of Southern Florida. Part II. The Pliocene Turridae of Saint Petersburg, Florida Monographs of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 18 365–409, pls. 16-24
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