Kurtzia

Kurtzia is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Mangeliidae.[1]

Kurtzia
Drawing of a shell of Kurtzia granulatissima
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Mangeliidae
Genus: Kurtzia
Bartsch, 1944
Type species
Mangilia arteaga
Dall & Bartsch, 1910
Species

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Fossil species have been in Pliocene strata of Panama, Miocene strata in Central Chile and in Quaternary strata in California, USA

Species

Species within the genus Kurtzia include:

Species brought into synonymy
  • Kurtzia aegialea W.H. Dall, 1919 : synonym of Kurtzia granulatissima (O.A.L. Mörch, 1860)
  • Kurtzia gordoni Bartsch, 1944: synonym of Kurtzia arteaga (Dall & Bartsch, 1910)

References
  1. Kurtzia. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 7 August 2011.
  2. Kurtzia aethra (Dall, 1919). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 16 April 2010.
  3. Kurtzia arteaga (Dall & Bartsch, 1910). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 16 April 2010.
  4. Kurtzia elenensis McLean & Poorman, 1971. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 16 April 2010.
  5. Kurtzia ephaedra (Dall, 1919). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 16 April 2010.
  6. Kurtzia granulatissima (Moerch, 1860). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 16 April 2010.
  7. Kurtzia humboldti McLean & Poorman, 1971. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 16 April 2010.


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