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Pirenella cingulata

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Superfamily
  
Cerithioidea

Genus
  
Pirenella

Rank
  
species

Class
  
Gastropoda

Family
  
Potamididae

Phylum
  
Mollusca

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Scientific name
  
Cerithideopsilla cingulata

Similar
  
Cerithidea, Potamididae, Cerithidea rhizophorarum, Cerithideopsilla incisa, Batillaria multiformis

Pirenella cingulata is a species of medium-sized sea snails or mud snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Potamididae, the horn snails.

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Distribution

  • Indo-Pacific coast.
  • Hormozgan Province in Iran.

    • Ecology

    Parasites of Cerithideopsilla cingulata include:

  • Heterophyidae: Cerithideopsilla cingulata serves as the first intermediate host of Heterophyes nocens.
  • Echinostomatidae: Cerithideopsilla cingulata serves as the first intermediate host of Acanthoparyphium tyosenense.

    • References

    Pirenella cingulata Wikipedia
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