Kurtziella atrostyla

Kurtziella atrostyla, common name the brown-tip mangelia, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.^[1]

Kurtziella atrostyla
Original image of a shell of Kurtziella atrostyla
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Mangeliidae
Genus:	Kurtziella
Species:	K. atrostyla
Binomial name
Kurtziella atrostyla (Tryon, 1884)
Synonyms[1]
Daphnella atrostyla Tryon, 1884 Mangilia ephamilla Bush, K.J., 1885

Description

The length of the shell varies between 3 mm and 9 mm.

Distribution

K. atrostyla can be found in the Atlantic Ocean, the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea, ranging from the coast of North Carolina south to Quintana Roo.^[2]

It has also been as a fossil found in Quaternary strata in Louisiana, United States.