| Kurtziella accinctus | |
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| Drawing of a shell of Kurtziella accinctus | |
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. accinctus
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| Binomial name | |
| Kurtziella accinctus (Montagu, 1808)
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Kurtziella accinctus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.[1]
Description
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
This species occurs in the Caribbean Sea off Colombia. This species was described by Montagu by error as British.
References
- ^ a b Kurtziella accinctus (Montagu, 1808). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 9 August 2011.
- ^ G.W. Tryon (1884) Manual of Conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species, vol. VI; Philadelphia, Academy of Natural Sciences
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