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Paracingulina terebra

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Paracingulina terebra
Drawing of a shell of Paracingulina terebra
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
Superfamily:
Pyramidelloidea
Family:
Pyramidellidae
Genus:
Paracingulina
Species:
P. terebra
Binomial name
Paracingulina terebra
(Dunker, 1860) [1]
Synonyms
  • Cingulina terebra (Dunker, 1860)
  • Turbinella terebra Dunker, 1860 (basionym)

Paracingulina 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. ^ MolluscaBase (2019). MolluscaBase. Paracingulina terebra (Dunker, 1860). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=739390 on 2019-11-09
  3. ^ G.W. Tryon, Manual of Conchology vol. VIII, p. 338; 1909
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