Cingulina trachealis

Cingulina trachealis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
Superfamily: Pyramidelloidea
Family: Pyramidellidae
Genus: Cingulina
Species: 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


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