Kurtziella is a genus of small, predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Mangeliidae. Prior to a 2011 genetic revision, the genus used to be included in the family Conidae.
Species Species within the genus Kurtziella include: Kurtziella albocapitanea Fallon, 2026 Kurtziella antiochroa (Pilsbry & Lowe, 1932) Kurtziella antipyrgus (Pilsbry & Lowe, 1932) Kurtziella cerina (Kurtz & Stimpson, 1851) Kurtziella cingulata Fallon, 2026 Kurtziella delannoyi Fallon & Bouchet, 2026 Kurtziella flavolineata Fallon, 2026 Kurtziella guarapari Fallon, 2026 Kurtziella hirschi Fallon, 2026 Kurtziella intercedens (Melvill, 1923) Kurtziella kalina Fallon & Bouchet, 2026 Kurtziella limonitella (Dall, 1884) Kurtziella margaritifera Fargo, 1953 Kurtziella minor Fallon & Bouchet, 2026 Kurtziella nana Fallon, 2026 Kurtziella newcombei (Dall, 1919) Kurtziella oriens Fallon, 2026 Kurtziella perryae Bartsch & Rehder, 1939 Kurtziella plumbea (Hinds, 1843) Kurtziella powelli Shasky, 1971 † Kurtziella precerina Pilsbry & Harbison, 1933 † Kurtziella protatrostyla MacNeil, 1984 † Kurtziella ramondi (Maury, 1910) Kurtziella rarior Fallon & Bouchet, 2026 Kurtziella serta (Fargo, 1953) Kurtziella tachnodes (Dall, 1927) † Kurtziella thektapleura J. A. Gardner, 1938 Kurtziella vincula Nowell-Usticke, 1969
Extinct species † Kurtziella limonitella margaritifera A.A. Olsson & A. Harbison, 1953 † Kurtziella pagella W.P. Woodring, 1970 † Kurtziella prionota J. Gardner, 1937 † Kurtziella ramondi (C.J. Maury, 1910) † Kurtziella stenotella W.P. Woodring, 1970 † Kurtziella stephanophora J. Gardner, 1937 † Kurtziella thektapleura J. Gardner, 1937 † Kurtziella websteri (C.J. Maury, 1910)
Synonyms Kurtziella (Rubellatoma) diomedea (Bartsch & Rehder, 1939) : synonym of Rubellatoma diomedea Bartsch & Rehder, 1939 Kurtziella acanthodes (Watson, 1881): synonym of Kurtziella serga (Dall, 1881), synonym of Bathyturris serga (Dall, 1881) (junior subjective synonym) Kurtziella accinctus (Montagu, 1808): synonym of Cryoturris dorvilliae (Reeve, 1845) Kurtziella alesidota Dall, W.H., 1919: synonym of Kurtziella plumbea (Hinds, 1843) Kurtziella atrostyla (Tryon, 1884): synonym of Kurtzia atrostyla (Tryon, 1884) (superseded combination) Kurtziella beta (Dall, 1919): synonym of Kurtzina beta (Dall, 1919) Kurtziella caribbeana Weisbord, N.E., 1962: synonym of Kurtziella dorvilliae (Reeve, 1845) Kurtziella cerinum (Kurtz & Stimpson, 1851): synonym of Kurtziella cerina (Kurtz & Stimpson, 1851) Kurtziella citronella (Dall, 1886): synonym of Cryoturris citronella (Dall, 1886), synonym of Bathyturris citronella (Dall, 1886) Kurtziella corallina (Watson, 1881): synonym of Kurtziella serga (Dall, 1881), synonym of Bathyturris serga (Dall, 1881) (junior subjective synonym) Kurtziella crebricostata (Carpenter, 1864): synonym of Mangelia crebricostata Carpenter, 1864 Kurtziella cruzana G.W. Nowell-Usticke, 1969: synonym of Cryoturris citronella (W.H. Dall, 1886) Kurtziella cyrene (Dall, 1919): synonym of Kurtzina cyrene (Dall, 1919) Kurtziella diomedea (Bartsch & Rehder, 1939): synonym of Rubellatoma diomedea Bartsch & Rehder, 1939 Kurtziella dorvilliae (Reeve, 1845): synonym of Cryoturris dorvilliae (Reeve, 1845) (superseded combination) Kurtziella hebe Dall, W.H., 1919: synonym of Kurtziella plumbea (Hinds, 1843) Kurtziella longa Usticke, 1969: synonym of Kurtziella dorvilliae (Reeve, 1845) Kurtziella quadrilineata (C. B. Adams, 1850): synonym of Cryoturris quadrilineata (C. B. Adams, 1850) Kurtziella quadrilineata longa (var.) Nowell-Usticke, G.W., 1969: synonym of Kurtziella dorvilliae (Reeve, 1845) Kurtziella rhysa (Watson, 1881): synonym of Corinnaeturris rhysa (R. B. Watson, 1881) (superseded combination) Kurtziella rubella (Kurtz & Stimpson, 1851): synonym of Rubellatoma rubella (Kurtz & Stimpson, 1851) Kurtziella serga (Dall, 1881): synonym of Bathyturris serga (Dall, 1881) (superseded combination) Kurtziella venezuelana Weisbord, 1962: synonym of Kurtzina venezuelana (Weisbord, 1962) ( superseded combination) Kurtziella vincula Nowell-Usticke, 1969: synonym of Cryoturris vincula (Nowell-Usticke, 1969)
References
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
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.