''Burnupena cincta'',
common name
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the ridged burnupena, is a
species
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of
sea snail
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, a marine
gastropod
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This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, freshwater, and fro ...
mollusc
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.
;Subspecies:
* ''Burnupena cincta cincta''
(Röding, 1798) (synonyms: ''Buccinum cinctum''
Röding, 1798 (basionym); ''Cominella cincta'' var. ''adjacens''
Turton, 1932; ''Cominella dunkeri''
Kobelt, 1878; ''Cominella semisulcata''
G.B. Sowerby III, 1892; ''Purpura ligata''
Lamarck, 1822)
* ''Burnupena cincta limbosa''
(Lamarck, 1822) (synonyms: ''Burnupena limbosa''
(Lamarck, 1822); ''Cominella porcata multilirata''
Bartsch, 1915; ''Purpura limbosa''
Lamarck, 1822 (basionym) )
References
* Steyn, D.G. & Lussi, M. (1998) ''Marine Shells of South Africa. An Illustrated Collector’s Guide to Beached Shells''. Ekogilde Publishers, Hartebeespoort, South Africa, ii + 264 pp. page(s): 108
Branch, G.M. et al. (2002). ''Two Oceans''. 5th impression. David Philip, Cate Town & Johannesburg
Buccinoidea (unassigned)
Gastropods described in 1798
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