Kurtziella atrostyla
Kurtziella atrostyla, common name the brown-tip mangelia, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.[1]
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| Original image of a shell of Kurtziella atrostyla | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Clade: | Caenogastropoda |
| Clade: | Hypsogastropoda |
| Clade: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Mangeliidae |
| Genus: | Kurtziella |
| Species: | K. atrostyla |
| Binomial name | |
| Kurtziella atrostyla (Tryon, 1884) | |
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Description
The length of the shell varies between 3 mm and 9 mm.
Distribution
K. atrostyla can be found in the Atlantic Ocean, the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea, ranging from the coast of North Carolina south to Quintana Roo.[2]
It has also been as a fossil found in Quaternary strata in Louisiana, USA.
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References
- Kurtziella atrostyla (Tryon, 1884). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 9 August 2011.
- 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.
External links
- Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1–1295.
- "Kurtziella atrostyla". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
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