Cingula trifasciata

Cingula trifasciata
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Littorinimorpha
Family:	Rissoidae
Genus:	Cingula
Species:	C. trifasciata
Binomial name
Cingula trifasciata (J. Adams, 1800)
Synonyms [1]
Cingula cingulus (Montagu, 1803) Cingula vittata Donovan, E., 1803 Eulima trifasciata (J. Adams, 1800) Rissoia cingillus (Montagu) (currently in genus Cingula) Turbo cingillus Montagu, 1803 Turbo trifasciata J. Adams, 1800 (basionym)

Cingula trifasciata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Rissoidae. ^[1]

Description

The length of an adult C. trifasciata shell varies between 3 mm and 5 mm.

Distribution

This species lives in the Atlantic Ocean from Norway to the Azores; in the Mediterranean Sea. The species C. trifasciata is however absent from the continental shores of the North Sea.

References

1. Gofas, S. (2012). Cingula trifasciata (J. Adams, 1800). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=141268 on 2012-08-14

• Ponder W. F. (1985). A review of the Genera of the Rissoidae (Mollusca: Mesogastropoda: Rissoacea). Records of the Australian Museum supplement 4: 1-221
• Little, C.; Morritt, D.; Seaward, D.R.; Williams, G.A. (1989). Distribution of intertidal molluscs in lagoonal shingle (The Fleet, Dorset, U.K.). J. Conch., Lond. 33: 225–232
• Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180–213

External links

• "Cingula trifasciata". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 29 June 2011.