Kurtziella cerina

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

Kurtziella cerina
Shell of Kurtziella cerina (specimen at the Smithsonian Institution)
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. cerina
Binomial name
Kurtziella cerina
(Kurtz & Stimpson, 1851)
Synonyms[1]
  • Daphnella cerina (Kurtz & Stimpson, 1851)
  • Kurtziella cerinum [sic] (incorrect gender ending)
  • Mangelia cerina (Kurtz & Stimpson, 1851)
  • Mangilia cerina (Kurtz & Stimpson, 1851)
  • Pleurotoma cerinum Kurtz & Stimpson, 1851 (original combination)

Description

The length of the shell attains 10 mm.

The shell is yellowish white; the columella is sometimes tinged with black. The surface is covered by very fine revolving lines crossing the ribs, producing a rasplike minor sculpture.[2]

Distribution

K. cerina can be found in Northwest Atlantic waters, ranging from the coast of Massachusetts to the Campeche Bank.[3] and in the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea.

It has also been found as a fossil in Quaternary strata in several states along the eastern coast of the US

References

  1. Kurtziella cerina (Kurtz & Stimpson, 1851). 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 Public Domain 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.
  • Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1–1295.
  • "Kurtziella cerina". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.


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