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
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Caenogastropoda
Clade: Hypsogastropoda
Clade: 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)
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