Trochia cingulata

Trochia cingulata
Trochia cingulata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Muricoidea
Family: Muricidae
Subfamily: Ocenebrinae
Genus: Trochia
Species: T. cingulata
Binomial name
Trochia cingulata
(Linnaeus, 1771)
Synonyms[1]
  • Buccinum scala Gmelin, 1791
  • Buccinum trochlea Bruguiere, 1789
  • Nucella cingulata (Linnaeus, 1771)
  • Purpura cingulata Linnaeus, 1771
  • Purpura spiralis Reeve, 1846
  • Stramonita cingulata Linnaeus, C., 1758

Trochia cingulata, common name : the girdled dogwhelk, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]

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Description

The shell size varies between 20 mm and 45 mm

Distribution

This species is distributed in the Atlantic Ocean along Namibia and the West Coast of South Africa.

References

  1. ^ a b Trochia cingulata (Linnaeus, 1771).  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=404758 on 2 January 20112010.
  • Branch, G.M. et al. (2002). Two Oceans. 5th impression. David Philip, Cate Town & Johannesburg

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