Biology:Trochia cingulata

Short description: Species of gastropod

Trochia cingulata
Several shells of Trochia cingulata (museum specimens at Naturalis Biodiversity Center)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Muricoidea
Family:	Muricidae
Subfamily:	Ocenebrinae
Genus:	Trochia
Species:	T. cingulata
Binomial name
Trochia cingulata (Linnaeus, 1771)
Synonyms
Buccinum cingulatum Linnaeus, 1771 (original combination) Buccinum scala Gmelin, 1791 Buccinum trochlea Bruguiere, 1789 Nucella cingulata (Linnaeus, 1771) Purpura cingulata (Linnaeus, 1771) Purpura spiralis Reeve, 1846 Pyrum ergatum Humphrey, G., 1797 Stramonita cingulata (Linnaeus, 1771) Thais cingulata (Linnaeus, 1771)

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.

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

• Branch, G.M. et al. (2002). Two Oceans. 5th impression. David Philip, Cate Town & Johannesburg
• Houart R., Kilburn R.N. & Marais A.P. (2010) Muricidae. pp. 176–270, in: Marais A.P. & Seccombe A.D. (eds), Identification guide to the seashells of South Africa. Volume 1. Groenkloof: Centre for Molluscan Studies. 376 pp

External links

• "Trochia cingulata" (in en). Gastropods.com. http://www.gastropods.com/2/Shell_3002.shtml. 

Wikidata ☰ Q7844842 entry