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Cingulina Austrina
''Cingulina'' is a genus of small sea snails, pyramidellid gastropod mollusks. in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies.Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2011). Cingulina A. Adams, 1860. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138402 on 2011-12-26 Description The shell is turriculated and subulate. The numerous whorls are rounded and spirally ribbed. The interstices are striate. The aperture is oblong, entire in front. The columella is straight and simple. The outer lip is sharp and arcuate. The shell lacks basal keels, varices are absent. The spiral sculpture is stronger than microscopic striations. The axial sculpture consists of faint riblets, with the spiral markings consisting of strong raised threads. Distribution This species is mainly distributed off the coasts of Japan and various European countries. Species * '' Cingulina acutilirata'' G. B. Sowerby III, 1892 * '' Cingulina aikeni'' Poppe, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cingulina Cingulata
''Cingulina cingulata'' is a species of sea snail, a marine (ocean), marine gastropod mollusk in the family (biology), family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies.WoRMS (2011). ''Cingulina cingulata'' (Dunker, 1860). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=576639 on 2011-10-26 Description The slender, milk-white shell has an elongate-conic shape. The length of the shell measures between 7.5 mm and 10 mm. The protoconch contains three Whorl (mollusc), whorls. These are large, helicoid, rather elevated, and smooth. They have their axis at a right angle to the axis of the later whorls, and are about one-fourth immersed in the first of them. The twelve, scarcely convex whorls of the teleoconch are ornamented between the Suture (anatomy), sutures by three strong, moderately rounded, raised spiral keels, which are separated by channels of about the same width. The first keel is at the summit of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |