Kurtziella antiochroa

Kurtziella antiochroa is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.[1]

Kurtziella antiochroa
Shell of Kurtziella antiochroa (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Mangeliidae
Genus: Kurtziella
Species:
K. antiochroa
Binomial name
Kurtziella antiochroa
(Pilsbry & Lowe, 1932)
Synonyms[1]
  • Kurtzina cymatias (Pilsbry, H.A. & H.N. Lowe, 1932)
  • Mangelia antiochroa Pilsbry & Lowe, 1932

Description

The length of the shell varies between 6 mm and 10 mm, its diameter is 3 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs between Panama and Ecuador

References
  1. Kurtziella antiochroa (Pilsbry & Lowe, 1932). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 9 August 2011.
  • Pilsbry, Henry Augustus, and Herbert N. Lowe. "West Mexican and Central American mollusks collected by HN Lowe, 1929-31." Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (1932): 33–144.
  • Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1–1295.
  • "Kurtziella antiochroa". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
  • MNHN, Paris : Kurtziella antiochroa


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