Biology:Kurtziella accinctus

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Short description: Species of gastropod

Kurtziella accinctus
Kurtziella accinctus 001.jpg
Drawing of a shell of Kurtziella accinctus
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: 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

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

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.

References

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q6447274 entry