Kurtziella atrostyla

Kurtziella atrostyla
Original image of a shell of Kurtziella atrostyla
Scientific 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 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]

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, United States.

References

1. 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.

• Rosenberg, G., F. Moretzsohn, and E. F. García. 2009. Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 579–699 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas

External links

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