Cingulina terebra
Cingulina terebra | |
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Drawing of a shell of Cingulina terebra | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
(unranked): | clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura clade Panpulmonata |
Superfamily: | Pyramidelloidea |
Family: | Pyramidellidae |
Genus: | Cingulina |
Species: | C. terebra |
Binomial name | |
Cingulina terebra (Dunker, 1860) [1] | |
Synonyms | |
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Cingulina terebra is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies.[2]
Description
The white, shining shell measures approximately 8 mm. The twelve whorls of the teleoconch are scarcely convex. The whorls of the spire show three revolving ribs. The body whorl has eight ribs, the lower ones smaller. [3]
Distribution
This species occurs in the Indo-Pacific Oceans and off the coasts of Japan in the Sea of Japan.
References
- ↑ Dunker, Mal. Blätt., vi, p. 239, 1860
- ↑ Rosenberg, G. (2011). Cingulina terebra (Dunker, 1860). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=588322 on 2011-11-29
- ↑ G.W. Tryon, Manual of Conchology vol. VIII, p. 338; 1909
External links
External identifiers for Cingulina terebra | |
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WoRMS | 588322 |
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