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Kurtziella accinctus

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Kurtziella accinctus
Drawing of a shell of Kurtziella accinctus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
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

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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

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This species occurs in the Caribbean Sea off Colombia. This species was described by Montagu by error as British.

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