Cingula cingillus

Cingula cingillus
Cingula cingillus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Rissooidea
Family: Rissoidae
Genus: Cingula
Species: C. cingillus
Binomial name
Cingula cingillus
(Montagu, 1803)
Synonyms[1]
  • Cingula trifasciata (J. Adams, 1800)
  • Cingula vittata Donovan, E., 1803
  • Eulima trifasciata (J. Adams, 1800)
  • Rissoia cingillus (Montagu) (currently in genus Cingula)
  • Turbo cingillus Montagu, 1803
  • Turbo trifasciata J. Adams, 1800

Cingula cingillus is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Rissoidae.[1]

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Description

The size of an adult shell varies between 3 mm and 5 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean from Norway to the Azores; in the Mediterranean Sea.

References

  1. ^ a b Cingula cingillus (Montagu, 1803) . Gofas, S. (2009). Cingula cingillus (Montagu, 1803) . In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through the World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=154063 on 29 June 2011.
  • Little, C.; Morritt, D.; Seaward, D.R.; Williams, G.A. (1989). Distribution of intertidal molluscs in lagoonal shingle (The Fleet, Dorset, U.K.). J. Conch., Lond. 33: 225-232
  • Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180-213

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