Kurtzia is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Mangeliidae.
Fossil species have been in Pliocene strata of Panama, Miocene strata in Central Chile and in Quaternary strata in California, USA
Species Species within the genus Kurtzia include: Kurtzia aethra (Dall, 1919) Kurtzia arteaga (Dall & Bartsch, 1910) Kurtzia atrostyla (Tryon, 1884) Kurtzia cedarkeysarum Fallon, 2026 Kurtzia ceroplasta (K. J. Bush, 1885) Kurtzia delicata Fallon, 2026 Kurtzia elenensis McLean & Poorman, 1971 Kurtzia ephaedra (Dall, 1919) Kurtzia granulatissima (Moerch, 1860) Kurtzia herosae Fallon & Bouchet, 2026 Kurtzia humboldti McLean & Poorman, 1971 † Kurtzia kilburni C. Nielsen, 2003 Kurtzia margaritifera (Fargo, 1953) Kurtzia sudamericana Fallon & Bouchet, 2026 Kurtzia xalvisae Fallon, 2026
Species brought into synonymy Kurtzia aegialea W.H. Dall, 1919 : synonym of Kurtzia granulatissima (O.A.L. Mörch, 1860) Kurtzia gordoni Bartsch, 1944: synonym of Kurtzia arteaga (Dall & Bartsch, 1910)
References
External links Bartsch, P, Some turrid mollusks of Monterey Bay and vicinity; Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, v. 57 p. 57-68 Todd, Jonathan A. "Systematic list of gastropods in the Panama Paleontology Project collections." Budd and Foster 2006 (1996)
Worldwide Mollusc Species Data Base: Mangeliidae Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1-1295.