Cingulina terebra

Cingulina terebra
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
  • Paracingulina terebra (Dunker, 1860)
  • Turbinella terebra Dunker, 1860 (basionym)

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

  1. ↑ Dunker, Mal. Blätt., vi, p. 239, 1860
  2. ↑ 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
  3. ↑ G.W. Tryon, Manual of Conchology vol. VIII, p. 338; 1909
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