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Cingulina

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Superfamily
  
Pyramidelloidea

Phylum
  
Mollusca

Class
  
Gastropoda

Family
  
Pyramidellidae

Rank
  
Genus

Cingulina wwwciesmorgatlaspixphotosCingulinaPjpg

Similar
  
Oscilla, Cingulina cingulata, Cingulina isseli, Parthenina, Pyramidellidae

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

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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. 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.

Distribution

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

Species

  • Cingulina aglaia (Bartsch, 1915)
  • Cingulina archimedea Melvill, 1896
  • Cingulina bellardii Hornung & Mermod, 1924
  • Cingulina brazieri Angas, G.F., 1877
  • Cingulina callista (Bartsch, 1915)
  • Cingulina cingulata (Dunker, 1860)
  • Cingulina circinata A. Adams, 1860
  • Cingulina evermanni (Baker, Hanna & Strong, 1928)
  • Cingulina imperita Laseron, 1959
  • Cingulina inaequalis Saurin, 1958
  • Cingulina isseli (Tryon, 1886)
  • Cingulina laticingulata Dall, W.H. & P. Bartsch, 1906
  • Cingulina magna Gatliff & Gabriel, 1910
  • Cingulina rhyllensis Gatliff & Gabriel, 1910
  • Cingulina rugosa Saurin, 1959
  • Cingulina secernenda Melvill, 1918
  • Cingulina spina (Crosse & Fischer, 1864)
  • Cingulina terebra (Dunker, 1860)
  • Cingulina trachealis (Gould, 1861)
  • Cingulina triarata Pilsbry, 1904
  • Cingulina trisulcata Sowerby III, 1894
  • Cingulina truncata Saurin, 1959
    • Species brought into synonymy
  • Cingulina australis Tenison-Woods, 1877: synonym of Lironoba australis (Tenison-Woods, 1877)
  • Cingulina babylonia (C. B. Adams, 1845): synonym of Pseudoscilla babylonia (C. B. Adams, 1845)
  • Cingulina carinata Mörch, 1876: synonym of Teretinax carinata (Mörch, 1876)
  • Cingulina torcularis (Tenison-Woods, 1878): synonym of Icuncula torcularis (Tenison-Woods, 1878)
  • Cingulina urdeneta (Bartsch, 1917): synonym of Turbonilla urdeneta Bartsch, 1917

    • References

    Cingulina Wikipedia
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