Cingulina spina

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Cingulina spina
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Drawing of the apertural view of a shell of Cingulina spina
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Family: Pyramidellidae
Genus: Cingulina
Species:
C. spina
Binomial name
Cingulina spina
(Crosse & Fischer, 1864) [1]
Synonyms [2]
  • Aclis tristrictata Tenison-Woods, J.E., 1877
  • Turritella spinaCrosse & Fischer, 1864

Cingulina spina is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies. [2]

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Description

The white shell has a length of approximately 9 mm. The numerous whorls of the teleoconch are flattened, with scarcely a distinct suture. They are encircled by three spiral ribs, four on the body whorl, the lower part of which is smooth. [3]

Distribution

This species' distribution ranges from the northernmost existing specimens located within the Persian Gulf, Gulf of Oman and the Arabian Sea, to as far south as the South West Cape, Tasmania's southernmost point of land and off various coasts situated on the geographical exterior of the largest island in the world, Australia.

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References

  1. Crosse and Fischer. Journ.de Conch. p. 347, 1864 (p. 44, t. 3, f. 13, 14, 1865)
  2. 1 2 Rosenberg, G. (2011). Cingulina spina (Crosse & Fischer, 1864). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=588320 on 2011-11-29
  3. G.W. Tryon, Manual of Conchology vol. VIII p. 338