Kurtziella serta, common name the wreath mangelia, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.Rosenberg, G. (2010). Kurtziella serta (Fargo, 1953). In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=532260 on 2017-08-01
Description
The length of the shell attains 10 mm. Distribution K. serta can be found in the Gulf of Mexico, ranging from Panama to Southern Brazil; also off Martinique.
Fossils of this extinct marine species has been found in Pliocene strata of Florida, United States, and in Pliocene strata in Mexico. M. C. Perrilliat and P. Flores-Guerrero. 2011. Moluscos de la Formación Agueguexquite (Plioceno inferior) de Coatzacoalcos, Veracruz, México. Revista Mexicana de Ciencias Geológicas 28(3): 379–397
References
Fargo, W. G. 1953. Pliocene Mollusca of Southern Florida. Part II. The Pliocene Turridae of Saint Petersburg, Florida Monographs of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 18 365–409, pls. 16-24
External links
de Jong & Coomans, Uitgaven van de Stichting "Natuurwetenschappelijke Studiekring voor Suriname en de Nederlandse Antillen", nrd. 121–122, 1988 Arthur William Baden Powell, The molluscan families Speightiidae and Turridae: an evaluation of the valid taxa, both recent and fossil, with lists of characteristic species; Auckland Institute and Museum, 1966