| Kurtziella venezuelana | |
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| Shell of Kurtziella venezuelana (museum specimen at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Mangeliidae |
| Genus: | Kurtziella |
| Species: | K. venezuelana |
| Binomial name | |
| Kurtziella venezuelana Weisbord, 1962 | |
Kurtziella venezuelana, common name the wreath mangelia, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod in the family Mangeliidae.[1]
Description
The length of the shell varies between 5 mm and 10 mm.
Distribution
K. venezuelana can be found in the Gulf of Mexico, off Colombia and Venezuela.
References
- ↑ Rosenberg, G. (2010). Kurtziella venezuelana Weisbord, 1962. In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=532942 on 2017-08-01
- Weisbord, Norman Edward. Late Cenozoic gastropods from northern Venezuela. Vol. 42. Paleontological Research Institution, 1962.
External links
- Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1–1295.
- "Kurtziella venezuelana". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
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