Kurtziella tachnodes, common name the wreath mangelia, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.[1][2]
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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. tachnodes
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| Binomial name | |
| Kurtziella tachnodes (Dall, 1927)
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| Synonyms[1] | |
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Mangilia tachnodes W.H. Dall, 1927 | |
Description
editThe length of the shell attains 7.5 mm, its diameter 2.2 mm.
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Distribution
editK. tachnodes can be found in the Gulf of Mexico, off Florida; in the Atlantic Ocean off Georgia
References
edit- ^ a b Rosenberg, G. (2010). Kurtziella tachnodes (Dall, 1927). In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=532941 on 2017-08-01
- ^ Dall, W.H. "Small shells from dredgings off the southeast coast of the United States by the United States Fisheries Steamer "Albatross", in 1885 and 1886". Proceedings of the United States National Museum. 70: 18. Retrieved 21 September 2018.
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