Kurtziella margaritifera
| Kurtziella margaritifera | |
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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. margaritifera
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| Binomial name | |
| Kurtziella margaritifera Fargo, W.G. in Olsson, A.A. & A. Harbison, 1953
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Kurtziella margaritifera, common name the pearl-studded mangelia, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.[1]
Description
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Distribution
[edit]K. margaritifera can be found in the Gulf of Mexico, ranging from the eastern Florida seaboard along the coast to Louisiana.[2]
It was also found as a fossil in Pliocene strata of North St. Petersburg, Florida, USA.
References
[edit]- ^ a b Kurtziella margaritifera Fargo, 1953. 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. 667.
- 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
- Fargo, W. G. 1953. Pliocene Mollusca of Southern Florida. Part II. The Pliocene Turridae of Saint Petersburg, Florida Monographs of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 18 365–409, pls. 16-24