Biology:Trochia cingulata

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Short description: Species of gastropod


Trochia cingulata
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Several shells of Trochia cingulata (museum specimens at Naturalis Biodiversity Center)
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T. cingulata
Binomial name
Trochia cingulata
(Linnaeus, 1771)
Synonyms[1]
  • 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.[1]

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

  1. 1.0 1.1 Trochia cingulata (Linnaeus, 1771). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 2 January 20112010.
  • 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

Wikidata ☰ Q7844842 entry