Kurtziella plumbea

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Kurtziella plumbea
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Image of a shell of Kurtziella plumbea
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Mangeliidae
Genus: Kurtziella
Species:
K. plumbea
Binomial name
Kurtziella plumbea
(Hinds, 1843)
Synonyms [1]
  • Clavatula plumbeaHinds, 1843
  • Kurtziella alesidotaDall, W.H., 1919
  • Mangilia (Kurtziella) alesidotaDall, W.H., 1919
  • Mangelia barbarensisOldroyd 1924
  • Mangelia sulcataCarpenter, P.P., 1865
  • Mangilia oenoaDall, W.H., 1919

Kurtziella plumbea 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 attains 10 mm.

The small shell is yellowish, with on the body whorl a faint dark band in front of the suture and an obscure dark line at the periphery, with a dark flush on the siphonal canal. The shell containssix whorls, including a minute smooth protoconch followed by a minutely reticulated second whorl, and then by the adult sculpture. The suture is distinct, slightly appressed, the anal fasciole occupying the space between it and an angular shoulder. The axial sculpture consists of (on the penultimate whorl, 15) narrow, sharp, arcuate ribs extending from the suture over the periphery, with wider interspaces. There are also minute incremental lines roughening the spirals. The spiral sculpture consists of numerous minutely channeled grooves with wider flattish interspaces (the latter sometimes with a smaller median groove) covering the whole surface. The aperture is narrow, with a wide very shallow anal sulcus. The outer lip is thin, sharp, body erased. The columella is straight, axis pervious, gyrate. The siphonal canal is hardly differentiated. [2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off California, USA, and Pacific Mexico.

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References

  1. 1 2 Kurtziella plumbea (Hinds, 1843) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 9 August 2011.
  2. ↑ Dall (1919) Descriptions of new species of Mollusca from the North Pacific Ocean; Proceedings of the U.S. National Museum, vol. 56 (1920) PD-icon.svgThis article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain. (described as Mangilia (Kurtziella) alesidota)
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