Kurtzia Bartsch 1944

Kurtzia is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Mangeliidae.^[1]

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)^[2]
• Kurtzia arteaga (Dall & Bartsch, 1910)^[3]
• Kurtzia elenensis McLean & Poorman, 1971^[4]
• Kurtzia ephaedra (Dall, 1919)^[5]
• Kurtzia granulatissima (Moerch, 1860)^[6]
• Kurtzia humboldti McLean & Poorman, 1971^[7]
• † Kurtzia kilburni C. Nielsen, 2003

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)

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