Cyclostrema cingulatum

Cyclostrema cingulatum is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Liotiidae.[1]

Cyclostrema cingulatum
Drawing of a shell of Cyclostrema cingulatum
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C. cingulatum
Binomial name
Cyclostrema cingulatum
(Philippi, 1852)
Synonyms

Delphinula cingulata Philippi, 1852

Description

The diameter of the shell is 1.5 mm. The shell is narrowly umbilicated, with radiating low, broadly rounded undulations above, scalloping the periphery. The shell is quadricarinate in the adults, bicarinate in the young, the carinae being more acuate, sinuately dentate, and dotted with brown. The aperture is subcircular in the adult.[2]

Distribution

This species occurs in the Red Sea and in the Indian Ocean off Madagascar.

References

  • Dautzenberg, Ph. (1929). Contribution à l'étude de la faune de Madagascar: Mollusca marina testacea. Faune des colonies françaises, III (fasc. 4). Société d'Editions géographiques, maritimes et coloniales: Paris. 321–636, plates IV-VII pp.
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