Trochia cingulata

Trochia cingulata, common name : the girdled dogwhelk, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]

Trochia cingulata
Several shells of Trochia cingulata (museum specimens at Naturalis Biodiversity Center)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:
Muricoidea
Family:
Muricidae
Subfamily:
Ocenebrinae
Genus:
Trochia
Species:
T. cingulata
Binomial name
Trochia cingulata
(Linnaeus, 1771)
Synonyms[1]
  • Buccinum cingulatum Linnaeus, 1771 (original combination)
  • Buccinum scala Gmelin, 1791
  • Buccinum trochlea Bruguiere, 1789
  • Nucella cingulata (Linnaeus, 1771)
  • Purpura cingulata (Linnaeus, 1771)
  • Purpura spiralis Reeve, 1846
  • Pyrum ergatum Humphrey, G., 1797
  • Stramonita cingulata (Linnaeus, 1771)
  • Thais cingulata (Linnaeus, 1771)

Description

The shell size varies between 20 mm and 45 mm

Distribution

This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off Namibia and the West Coast of South Africa.

References
  1. Trochia cingulata (Linnaeus, 1771). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 2 January 20112010.
  • Branch, G.M. et al. (2002). Two Oceans. 5th impression. David Philip, Cate Town & Johannesburg
  • Houart R., Kilburn R.N. & Marais A.P. (2010) Muricidae. pp. 176–270, in: Marais A.P. & Seccombe A.D. (eds), Identification guide to the seashells of South Africa. Volume 1. Groenkloof: Centre for Molluscan Studies. 376 pp
  • "Trochia cingulata". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 2 January 2011.


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