Kurtziella cerina is a species of small, predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.[1]
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| Shell of Kurtziella cerina (specimen at the Smithsonian Institution) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Mangeliidae |
| Genus: | Kurtziella |
| Species: | K. cerina
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| Kurtziella cerina (Kurtz & Stimpson, 1851)
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Description
editThe 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
editK. 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 US
References
edit- ^ a b 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
edit- Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1–1295.
- "Kurtziella cerina". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.