Kurtziella newcombei

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

Kurtziella newcombei
Original image of a shell of Kurtziella newcombei
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Mangeliidae
Genus: Kurtziella
Species:
K. newcombei
Binomial name
Kurtziella newcombei
(Dall, W.H., 1919)
Synonyms[1]

Mangilia newcombei Dall, W.H., 1919

Description

The length of the shell attains 11 mm, its diameter 4 mm.

(Original description) The small shell is brownish, with a tendency to banding, paler at the shoulder and on the base. It contains six whorls, including a small, smooth protoconch whorl. The suture is distinct, slightly appressed, with no fasciolar constriction. The spiral sculpture consists of fine flattish threads separated by narrow striae very minutely reticulated by the incremental lines and most conspicuous in the intervals between the ribs, practically covering the whole surface of the shell. The axial sculpture, beside almost microscopic lines of growth, consists of (on the body whorl 14) short rounded ribs, slightly angulated at the shoulder and extending from the suture to the siphonal canal with subequal interspaces. The anal sulcus is shallow. The aperture is narrow and simple. The inner lip is erased. The siphonal canal is short, and straight.[2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Vancouver Island, Canada.

References
  1. Kurtziella newcombei (Dall, 1919). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 9 August 2011.
  2. Dall (1919) Descriptions of new species of Mollusca from the North Pacific Ocean; Proceedings of the U.S. National Museum, vol. 56 (1920) This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
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