Kurtziella cerina

Kurtziella cerina
Shell of Kurtziella cerina (specimen at the Smithsonian Institution)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Mangeliidae
Genus:	Kurtziella
Species:	K. cerina
Binomial name
Kurtziella cerina (Kurtz & Stimpson, 1851)
Synonyms [1]
Daphnella cerina(Kurtz & Stimpson, 1851) Kurtziella cerinum [sic] (incorrect gender ending) Mangelia cerina(Kurtz & Stimpson, 1851) Mangilia cerina(Kurtz & Stimpson, 1851) Pleurotoma cerinumKurtz & Stimpson, 1851 (original combination)

Kurtziella cerina is a species of small, predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae. ^[1]

Description

The length of the shell attains 10 mm.

a specimen found in Wellfleet, MA

The shell is yellowish white; the columella is sometimes tinged with black. The surface is covered by very fine revolving lines crossing the ribs, producing a rasplike minor sculpture. ^[2]

Distribution

K. cerina can be found in Northwest Atlantic waters, ranging from the coast of Massachusetts to the Campeche Bank. ^[3] and in the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea.

It has also been found as a fossil in Quaternary strata in several states along the East Coast of the United States, United States.

References

1. Kurtziella cerina (Kurtz & Stimpson, 1851) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 9 August 2011.
2. G.W. Tryon (1884) Manual of Conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species, vol. VI; Philadelphia, Academy of Natural Sciences This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .
3. 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.

• Abbott, R.T. (1974). American Seashells. 2nd ed. Van Nostrand Reinhold: New York, NY (USA). 663 pp
• 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 cerina". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.