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

External links

External identifiers for Cingulina terebra
WoRMS 588322
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