Cingulina trachealis

Cingulina trachealis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Heterobranchia; clade Euthyneura; clade Panpulmonata
Superfamily:	Pyramidelloidea
Family:	Pyramidellidae
Genus:	Cingulina
Species:	C. trachealis
Binomial name
	Cingulina trachealis; (Gould, 1861)
Synonyms
	Chemnitzia trachealis Gould, 1861 (basionym); Turbonilla acutilirata Sowerby, G.B. III, 1892; Turbonilla trochlearis "Gould, A.A." Sowerby, G.B. III, 1897;

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

Description

The shell reaches a length between 3 mm and 8 mm.

This marine species occurs off the coasts of Western Cape Province, South Africa, and in the Indian Ocean off the Southeast portion of the continent, Africa.

^ Gould, Bost. Proc., vii, p. 407, 1861
^ Rosenberg, G. (2011). Cingulina trachealis (Gould, 1861). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=592476 on 2012-01-12

Odé, H. (1998). Indo-Pacific taxa of turbonilids, excluding those along the Americas. Texas Conchologist. 34 (2): 33-103

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