Kurtziella cerina
| Kurtziella cerina | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Mangeliidae [1] |
| Genus: | Kurtziella |
| Species: | K. cerina |
| Binomial name | |
| Kurtziella cerina (Kurtz & Stimpson, 1851) | |
Kurtziella cerina is a species of small, predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.[2]
Distribution
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.
References
- ↑ Bouchet P., Kantor Yu.I., Sysoev A. & Puillandre N. (2011) A new operational classification of the Conoidea. Journal of Molluscan Studies 77: 273-308.
- ↑ Kurtziella cerina (Kurtz & Stimpson, 1851). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 9 August 2011.
- ↑ 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
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