Cingulina

Cingulina
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
Superfamily: Pyramidelloidea
Family: Pyramidellidae
Genus: Cingulina
A. Adams, 1860 [1]
Synonyms

Salassia, de Folin, 1870

Cingulina is a genus of small sea snails, pyramidellid gastropod mollusks. in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies. [2]

Description

The shell is turriculated and subulate. The numerous whorls are rounded and spirally ribbed. The interstices are striate. The aperture is oblong, entire in front. The columella is straight and simple. The outer lip is sharp and arcuate. [3] The shell lacks basal keels, varices are absent. The spiral sculpture is stronger than microscopic striations. The axial sculpture consists of faint riblets, with the spiral markings consisting of strong raised threads. [4]

Distribution

This species is mainly distributed off the coasts of Japan and various European countries.

Species

Species brought into synonymy

References

  1. A. Adams, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., 3d ser., vol. 6, 1860, p. 414
  2. Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2011). Cingulina A. Adams, 1860. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138402 on 2011-12-26
  3. G.W. Tryon, Manual of Conchology vol. VIII, p. 318]
  4. Dall & Bartsch, A Mongraph of West American Pyramidellid Mollusks; Smithsonian Institution, bulletin 68, p. 12; 1909
  5. Gastropods.com: Cingulina brazieri; retrieved : 26 December 2011
  6. Gastropods.com: Cingulina laticingulata; retrieved: 26 December 2011
  7. Gastropods.com: Cingulina trachealis; retrieved : 26 December 2011

External links

External identifiers for Cingulina
ITIS 75978
WoRMS 138402