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Cingula trifasciata

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Cingula trifasciata
Cingula trifasciata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Rissoidae
Genus: Cingula
Species:
C. trifasciata
Binomial name
Cingula trifasciata
(J. Adams, 1800)
Synonyms[1]
  • Cingula cingulus (Montagu, 1803)
  • 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 (basionym)

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

Description

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The length of an adult C. trifasciata shell varies between 3 mm and 5 mm.

Distribution

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This species lives in the Atlantic Ocean from Norway to the Azores; in the Mediterranean Sea. The species C. trifasciata is however abscent from the contidental shores of the North Sea.

References

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  1. ^ a b Gofas, S. (2012). Cingula trifasciata (J. Adams, 1800). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=141268 on 2012-08-14
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  • "Cingula trifasciata". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 29 June 2011.