Kingdom Animalia Superfamily Muricoidea Subfamily Ocenebrinae Scientific name Trochia cingulata Rank Species | Class Gastropoda Family Muricidae Genus Trochia Phylum Mollusca | |
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Similar Nucella squamosa, Nucella canaliculata, Dicathais, Nucella lamellosa, Thais | ||
Trochia cingulata, common name : the girdled dogwhelk, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.
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Description
The shell size varies between 20 mm and 45 mm
Distribution
This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off Namibia and the West Coast of South Africa.
References
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