Cingulina spina

Cingulina spina
Drawing of the apertural view of a shell of Cingulina spina
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
Superfamily: Pyramidelloidea
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 spina Crosse & Fischer, 1864

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

Contents

Description

The white shell has a length of 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 occurs in the Persian Gulf and off Australia.

References

  1. ^ Crosse and Fischer. Journ.de Conch. p. 347, 1864 (p. 44, t. 3, f. 13, 14, 1865)
  2. ^ a b 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

External links

External identifiers for Cingulina spina
WoRMS 588320