Kurtziella antiochroa

Kurtziella antiochroa
Shell of Kurtziella antiochroa (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Mollusca
Class:Gastropoda
Clade:Caenogastropoda
Clade:Hypsogastropoda
Clade:Neogastropoda
Superfamily:Conoidea
Family:Mangeliidae
Genus:Kurtziella
Species: K. antiochroa
Binomial name
Kurtziella antiochroa
(Pilsbry & Lowe, 1932)
Synonyms[1]
  • Kurtzina cymatias (Pilsbry, H.A. & H.N. Lowe, 1932)
  • Mangelia antiochroa Pilsbry & Lowe, 1932

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

Description

The length of the shell varies between 6 mm and 10 mm, its diameter is 3 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs between Panama and Ecuador

References

  1. 1 2 Kurtziella antiochroa (Pilsbry & Lowe, 1932).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 9 August 2011.
  • Pilsbry, Henry Augustus, and Herbert N. Lowe. "West Mexican and Central American mollusks collected by HN Lowe, 1929-31." Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (1932): 33-144.


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