Kurtziella cerina | |
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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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Binomial name | |
Kurtziella cerina (Kurtz & Stimpson, 1851)
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Synonyms [1] | |
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Kurtziella cerina is a species of small, predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae. [1]
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]
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 US