Cingulina brazieri

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Cingulina brazieri
Drawing of a shell of Cingulina brazieri
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C. brazieri
Binomial name
Cingulina brazieri
Angas, 1877 [1]
Synonyms[2]
  • Eulimella tricincta Tate, 1898
  • Terebra hedleyi Tate, 1901
  • Stylifer brazieri Angas, 1877

Cingulina brazieri is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies.[2]

Description

The white shell is smooth, pellucid, and polished. Its length measures 4 mm. The teleoconch contains six whorls that are flattened just below the suture, which is finely, callously margined. The apex is styliform.[3]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off the coasts of New South Wales, Australia, mainly throughout deep areas east of the Sydney Harbour.

References

  1. ^ Angas. Zool. Proc., t. 5, f. 5, 1877,
  2. ^ a b OBIS: Cingulina brazieri, Angas, 1877; retrieved: 15 January 2012
  3. ^ G.W. Tryon, Manual of Conchology vol. VIII, p. 291; 1889 (described as Stylifer brazieri)