Kurtziella dorvilliae

Kurtziella dorvilliae
Drawing of a shell of Kurtziella dorvilliae
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Mangeliidae
Genus:	Kurtziella
Species:	K. dorvilliae
Binomial name
Kurtziella dorvilliae (Reeve, 1845)
Synonyms [1]
Cryoturris dorvilliae(Reeve, 1845) Kurtziella caribbeanaWeisbord, N.E., 1962 Kurtziella longaUsticke, 1969 Kurtziella quadrilineata longa (var.) Nowell-Usticke, G.W., 1969 Mangilia dorvilliae(Reeve, L.A., 1845) Pleurotoma forthiensisReeve, L.A., 1845 Pleurotoma dorvilliaeReeve, 1845

Kurtziella dorvilliae, common name Dorvill's mangelia, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Mangeliidae. ^[1]

Description

The length of the shell attains 10.5 mm.

The shell is rather thin and narrowly shouldered. It is longitudinally plicated, with fine revolving striae, more conspicuous towards the base. Its color is whitish, with a pale brown three-line zone. ^[2]

Distribution

K. dorvilliae can be found in Atlantic Ocean waters, ranging from the eastern coast of Florida south to Brazil.; ^[3] in the Caribbean Sea, the Gulf of Mexico and the Lesser Antilles.

References

1. Kurtziella dorvilliae (Reeve, 1845) . 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.

• 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 dorvilliae". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.