Kurtzina venezuelana, common name the wreath mangelia, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod in the family Mangeliidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Kurtzina venezuelana (Weisbord, 1962). Accessed through: World Register
Description
The length of the shell varies between 5 mm and 10 mm. Distribution K. venezuelana can be found in the Gulf of Mexico, off Colombia and Venezuela.
References
Weisbord, Norman Edward. Late Cenozoic gastropods from northern Venezuela. Vol. 42. Paleontological Research Institution, 1962. Fallon, P. J., Zuccon, D. & Bouchet, P. (2026). Mangeliidae (Gastropoda: Conoidea) of the French West Indies and other Western Atlantic regions: a monograph. European Journal of Taxonomy. 1089:1-647. page(s): 487-490
External links Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1–1295.