Kurtziella accinctus

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

Kurtziella accinctus
Drawing of a shell of Kurtziella accinctus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Caenogastropoda
Clade: Hypsogastropoda
Clade: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Mangeliidae
Genus: Kurtziella
Species:
K. accinctus
Binomial name
Kurtziella accinctus
(Montagu, 1808)
Synonyms[1]
  • Daphnella accincta (Montagu, 1808)
  • Murex accinctus Montagu, 1808

Description

The length of the shell attains 10 mm.

The shell is slightly shouldered. It is longitudinally obliquely ribbed, very closely spirally striated. Its color is white, with sometimes an orange-brown band below the periphery.[2]

Distribution

This species occurs in the Caribbean Sea off Colombia. This species was described by Montagu by error as British.

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References
  1. Kurtziella accinctus (Montagu, 1808). 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 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
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