Cingula trifasciata

Cingula trifasciata
	Cingula trifasciata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda; clade Hypsogastropoda; clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:	Rissooidea
Family:	Rissoidae
Genus:	Cingula
Species:	C. trifasciata
Binomial name
	trifasciata; (J. Adams, 1800)
Synonyms
	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 minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Rissoidae.^[1]

Description

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

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

^ ^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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