Kurtzina beta

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

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

Description

The length of the shell attains 5 mm.

(Original description) The small shell is yellowish, with a pale siphonal canal. It has a blunt smooth protoconch of two whorls and 3½ subsequent whorls. The periphery is slightly behind the middle of the whorl. From the distinct suture the surface slopes flatly to the subangular periphery, the rest of the whorl is rounded. The spiral sculpture consists of uniform fine threads with narrower interspaces over the whole surface. The axial sculpture consists of (on the body whorl 15) narrow rather sharp ribs with much wider interspaces, obsolete behind the shoulder and on the base. There are also fine incremental lines which roughen the spiral threads. The anal fascicle is inconspicuous, the anal sulcus feeble. The aperture is simple. The outer lip is sharp. The axis is pervious. The columella is attenuated in front. The siphonal is canal short.[2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off California, USA.

References
  1. Bouchet, P. (2014). Kurtzina beta (Dall, 1919). In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=761520 on 2017-07-27}
  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.
  • McLean J.H. (1996). The Prosobranchia. In: Taxonomic Atlas of the Benthic Fauna of the Santa Maria Basin and Western Santa Barbara Channel. The Mollusca Part 2 – The Gastropoda. Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History. volume 9: 1–160
  • "Kurtzina beta". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
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