Kurtziella atrostyla

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Kurtziella atrostyla
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Original image of a shell of Kurtziella atrostyla
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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 atrostylaTryon, 1884
  • Mangilia ephamillaBush, 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]

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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.

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References

  1. 1 2 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.