Cingula trifasciata

Cingula trifasciata
Cingula trifasciata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Rissooidea
Family: Rissoidae
Genus: Cingula
Species: C. trifasciata
Binomial name
trifasciata
(J. Adams, 1800)
Synonyms[1]
  • Cingula cingulus (Montagu, 1803)
  • Cingula vittata Donovan, E., 1803
  • Eulima trifasciata (J. Adams, 1800)
  • Rissoia cingillus (Montagu) (currently in genus Cingula)
  • Turbo cingillus Montagu, 1803
  • Turbo trifasciata J. Adams, 1800 (basionym)

Cingula trifasciata is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Rissoidae.[1]

Description

The length of an adult shell varies between 3 mm and 5 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean from Norway to the Azores; in the Mediterranean Sea.

References

  1. 1 2 Gofas, S. (2012). Cingula trifasciata (J. Adams, 1800). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=141268 on 2012-08-14

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