Kurtziella venezuelana

Kurtziella venezuelana, common name the wreath mangelia, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.[1]

Kurtziella venezuelana
Shell of Kurtziella venezuelana (museum specimen at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Mangeliidae
Genus: Kurtziella
Species:
K. venezuelana
Binomial name
Kurtziella venezuelana
Weisbord, 1962

Description

The length of the shell varies between 5 mm and 10 mm.

Distribution

K. venezuelana can be found in the Gulf of Mexico, off Colombia and Venezuela.

References

  1. Rosenberg, G. (2010). Kurtziella venezuelana Weisbord, 1962. In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=532942 on 2017-08-01
  • Weisbord, Norman Edward. Late Cenozoic gastropods from northern Venezuela. Vol. 42. Paleontological Research Institution, 1962.
  • Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1–1295.
  • "Kurtziella venezuelana". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.


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