Kuroshioturris angustata

Kuroshioturris angustata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turridae, the turrids.^[1]

Kuroshioturris angustata
Shell of Kuroshioturris angustata (specimen at the Smithsonian Institution)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Turridae
Genus:	Kuroshioturris
Species:	K. angustata
Binomial name
Kuroshioturris angustata (Powell, 1940)
Synonyms[1]
Lucerapex angustatus (Powell, 1940) Micantapex angustatus Powell, 1940 (original combination) Pleurotoma (Hemipleurotoma) nodilirata Murdoch & Suter 1906 in part

Description

The length of the shell attains 16.5 mm.

Distribution

This marine species is endemic to New Zealand and occurs at depths between 30 m to 300 m. all around northern and eastern New Zealand. It is also known as a fossil in Mangapanian strata or earliest Nukumaruan strata.