Kurtzia elenensis

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

Kurtzia elenensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Mangeliidae
Genus: Kurtzia
Species:
K. elenensis
Binomial name
Kurtzia elenensis
McLean & Poorman, 1971

Description

The length of the shell attains 4 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean off Panama and Ecuador.

References
  1. Kurtzia elenensis McLean & Poorman, 1971. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 9 August 2011.
  • McLean, J.H. & Poorman, R. (1971) New species of tropical Eastern Pacific Turridae. The Veliger, 14, 89–113
  • Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1–1295.
  • "Kurtzia elenensis". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.


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