Kurtziella Explained

Kurtziella is a genus of small, predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Mangeliidae. Prior to a 2011 genetic revision, the genus used to be included in the family Conidae.^[1]

Species

Species within the genus Kurtziella include:

• Kurtziella acanthodes (Watson, 1881)
• Kurtziella accinctus (Montagu, 1808)
• Kurtziella antiochroa (Pilsbry & Lowe, 1932)
• Kurtziella antipyrgus (Pilsbry & Lowe, 1932)
• Kurtziella atrostyla (Tryon, 1884)
• Kurtziella cerina (Kurtz & Stimpson, 1851)
• Kurtziella corallina (Watson, 1881)
• Kurtziella dorvilliae (Reeve, 1845)
• Kurtziella limonitella (Dall, 1884)
• Kurtziella hebe Dall, W.H., 1919
• Kurtziella margaritifera Fargo, 1953
• Kurtziella newcombei (Dall, 1919)
• Kurtziella perryae Bartsch & Rehder, 1939
• Kurtziella plumbea (Hinds, 1843)
• Kurtziella powelli Shasky, 1971
• Kurtziella rhysa (Watson, 1881)
• Kurtziella serga (Dall, 1881)
• Kurtziella serta (Fargo, 1953)
• Kurtziella tachnodes (Dall, 1927)
• Kurtziella venezuelana Weisbord, 1962

Extinct species:

• † Kurtziella limonitella margaritifera A.A. Olsson & A. Harbison, 1953
• † Kurtziella pagella W.P. Woodring, 1970
• † Kurtziella prionota J. Gardner, 1937
• † Kurtziella ramondi (C.J. Maury, 1910)
• † Kurtziella stenotella W.P. Woodring, 1970
• † Kurtziella stephanophora J. Gardner, 1937
• † Kurtziella thektapleura J. Gardner, 1937
• † Kurtziella websteri (C.J. Maury, 1910)

Species brought into synonymy:

• Kurtziella (Rubellatoma) diomedea (Bartsch & Rehder, 1939) : synonym of Rubellatoma diomedea Bartsch & Rehder, 1939
• Kurtziella alesidota Dall, W.H., 1919: synonym of Kurtziella plumbea (Hinds, 1843)
• Kurtziella beta (Dall, 1919): synonym of Kurtzina beta (Dall, 1919)
• Kurtziella caribbeana Weisbord, N.E., 1962: synonym of Kurtziella dorvilliae (Reeve, 1845)
• Kurtziella cerinum (Kurtz & Stimpson, 1851): synonym of Kurtziella cerina (Kurtz & Stimpson, 1851)
• Kurtziella citronella (Dall, 1886): synonym of Cryoturris citronella (Dall, 1886)
• Kurtziella crebricostata (Carpenter, 1864): synonym of Mangelia crebricostata Carpenter, 1864
• Kurtziella cruzana G.W. Nowell-Usticke, 1969: synonym of Cryoturris citronella (W.H. Dall, 1886)
• Kurtziella cyrene (Dall, 1919): synonym of Kurtzina cyrene (Dall, 1919)
• Kurtziella diomedea (Bartsch & Rehder, 1939): synonym of Rubellatoma diomedea Bartsch & Rehder, 1939
• Kurtziella longa Usticke, 1969: synonym of Kurtziella dorvilliae (Reeve, 1845)
• Kurtziella quadrilineata (C. B. Adams, 1850): synonym of Cryoturris quadrilineata (C. B. Adams, 1850)
• Kurtziella quadrilineata longa (var.) Nowell-Usticke, G.W., 1969: synonym of Kurtziella dorvilliae (Reeve, 1845)
• Kurtziella rubella (Kurtz & Stimpson, 1851): synonym of Rubellatoma rubella (Kurtz & Stimpson, 1851)
• Kurtziella vincula Nowell-Usticke, 1969: synonym of Cryoturris vincula (Nowell-Usticke, 1969)

External links

• Todd, Jonathan A. "Systematic list of gastropods in the Panama Paleontology Project collections." Budd and Foster 2006 (1996)
• Worldwide Mollusc Species Data Base: Mangeliidae
• Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1-1295.

Notes and References

1. Bouchet. P.. Kantor. Yu.I.. Sysoev. A.. Puillandre. N.. 2011. A new operational classification of the Conoidea. Journal of Molluscan Studies. 77. 3. 273–308. 10.1093/mollus/eyr017. free.