Kurtziella cerina

Kurtziella cerina
	Shell of Kurtziella cerina (specimen at the Smithsonian Institution)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Clade:	Caenogastropoda
Clade:	Hypsogastropoda
Clade:	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);

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

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 USA

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References

Kurtziella cerina (Kurtz & Stimpson, 1851). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 9 August 2011.
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.
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.

Abbott, R.T. (1974). American Seashells. 2nd ed. Van Nostrand Reinhold: New York, NY (USA). 663 pp
Rosenberg, G., F. Moretzsohn, and E. F. García. 2009. Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 579–699 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas

External links

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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[WoRMS-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 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.