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Kurtziella atrostyla

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Kurtziella atrostyla
Original image of a shell of Kurtziella atrostyla
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Mangeliidae
Genus: Kurtziella
Species:
K. atrostyla
Binomial name
Kurtziella atrostyla
(Tryon, 1884)
Synonyms[1]
  • Daphnella atrostyla Tryon, 1884
  • Mangilia ephamilla Bush, K.J., 1885

Kurtziella atrostyla, common name the brown-tip mangelia, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.[1]

Description

The length of the shell varies between 3 mm and 9 mm.

Distribution

K. atrostyla can be found in the Atlantic Ocean, the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea, ranging from the coast of North Carolina south to Quintana Roo.[2]

It has also been as a fossil found in Quaternary strata in Louisiana, USA.

References

  1. ^ a b Kurtziella atrostyla (Tryon, 1884). 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. 666.
  • Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1–1295.
  • "Kurtziella atrostyla". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.