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Kurtziella accinctus
Cryoturris dorvilliae, common name Dorvill's mangelia, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.
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Description
The length of the shell attains 10 mm. The shell is slightly shouldered. It is longitudinally obliquely ribbed, very closely spirally striated. Its color is white, with sometimes an orange-brown band below the periphery. (Description as Kurtziella dorvilliae) The length of the shell attains 10.5 mm. The shell is rather thin and narrowly shouldered. It is longitudinally plicated, with fine revolving striae, more conspicuous towards the base. Its color is whitish, with a pale brown three-line zone.
Range & habitat
This species occurs in Atlantic Ocean waters, ranging from the eastern coast of Florida south to Brazil.; in the Caribbean Sea (off Colombia), the Gulf of Mexico and the Lesser Antilles. This species was described by Montagu by error as British.
Wikipedia: “Distribution”
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 1266902.