Biology:Cingulina trachealis

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Cingulina trachealis
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C. trachealis
Binomial name
Cingulina trachealis
(Gould, 1861) [1]
Synonyms
  • Chemnitzia trachealis Gould, 1861 (basionym)
  • Turbonilla acutilirata Sowerby, G.B. III, 1892
  • Turbonilla trochlearis "Gould, A.A." Sowerby, G.B. III, 1897

Cingulina trachealis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies.[2]

Description

The shell reaches a length between 3 mm and 8 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off the coasts of Western Cape Province, South Africa , and in the Indian Ocean off the Southeast portion of the continent, Africa.

References

  1. Gould, Bost. Proc., vii, p. 407, 1861
  2. Rosenberg, G. (2011). Cingulina trachealis (Gould, 1861). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=592476 on 2012-01-12
  • Odé, H. (1998). Indo-Pacific taxa of turbonilids, excluding those along the Americas. Texas Conchologist. 34 (2): 33-103

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q5120942 entry