Kurtzia elenensis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.[1]
Kurtzia elenensis | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Superfamily: | Conoidea |
Family: | Mangeliidae |
Genus: | Kurtzia |
Species: | K. elenensis
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Binomial name | |
Kurtzia elenensis McLean & Poorman, 1971
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Description
editThe length of the shell attains 4 mm.
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Distribution
editThis species occurs in the Pacific Ocean off Panama and Ecuador.
References
edit- ^ a b Kurtzia elenensis McLean & Poorman, 1971. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 9 August 2011.
- McLean J.H. & Poorman R (1971). "New species of tropical Eastern Pacific Turridae". The Veliger. 14: 89–113.
External links
edit- Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1–1295.
- "Kurtzia elenensis". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.