''Cingula'' is a

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of minute sea snails,

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Rissoidae Rissoidae is a large family of very small and minute sea snails with an operculum, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Rissooidea and the order Littorinimorpha. Distribution and habitat This family of snails is found worldwide. They ...

Species

Species within the genus ''Cingula'' include: * '' Cingula aequa'' (E. A. Smith, 1890) * '' Cingula agapeta'' (E. A. Smith, 1890) * '' Cingula alvearium'' (Watson, 1886) * ''

Cingula arenaria ''Cingula'' is a genus of minute sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the family Rissoidae. Species Species within the genus ''Cingula'' include: * '' Cingula aequa'' (E. A. Smith, 1890) * '' Cingula agapeta'' (E. A. Smith, ...

'' Mighels and C. B. Adams, 1842 * '' Cingula atomaria'' A. A. Gould, 1861 * ''

Cingula carinata ''Cingula'' is a genus of minute sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the family Rissoidae. Species Species within the genus ''Cingula'' include: * '' Cingula aequa'' (E. A. Smith, 1890) * '' Cingula agapeta'' (E. A. Smi ...

'' Mighels and C. B. Adams, 1842 * '' Cingula communis'' O. Boettger, 1906 † * '' Cingula compsa'' (E. A. Smith, 1890) * '' Cingula conoidea'' Thiele, 1930 * '' Cingula conspecta'' (E. A. Smith, 1904) * ''

Cingula dautzenbergi ''Cingula'' is a genus of minute sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the family Rissoidae. Species Species within the genus ''Cingula'' include: * '' Cingula aequa'' (E. A. Smith, 1890) * '' Cingula agapeta'' (E. A. Smith, ...

'' Glibert, 1949 † * ''

Cingula dharma ''Cingula'' is a genus of minute sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the family Rissoidae. Species Species within the genus ''Cingula'' include: * '' Cingula aequa'' (E. A. Smith, 1890) * '' Cingula agapeta'' (E. A. Smi ...

'' (Yokoyama, 1926) † * '' Cingula farquhari'' (E. A. Smith, 1910) * '' Cingula fernandinae'' (Dall, 1927) * '' Cingula helenae'' (Ponder, 1985) * '' Cingula inconspicua'' C. B. Adams, 1852 * '' Cingula koeneni'' Glibert, 1952 † * '' Cingula ligeriana'' Peyrot, 1938 † * '' Cingula madreporica'' Issel, 1869 * '' Cingula miocenica'' Peyrot, 1938 † * '' Cingula montereyensis'' Bartsch, 1912 * '' Cingula nitidula'' Thiele, 1930 * '' Cingula obtusispira'' Seguenza, 1879 † * '' Cingula outis'' (Tomlin, 1931) * '' Cingula paradoxa'' Thiele, 1930 * '' Cingula parryensis'' Ladd, 1966 † * ''

Cingula paulmyensis ''Cingula'' is a genus of minute sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the family Rissoidae. Species Species within the genus ''Cingula'' include: * '' Cingula aequa'' (E. A. Smith, 1890) * '' Cingula agapeta'' (E. A. Smi ...

'' Peyrot, 1938 † * '' Cingula pentodonta'' (Kendall & Bell, 1886) † * '' Cingula perfecta'' (E. A. Smith, 1890) * ''

Cingula psammatica ''Cingula'' is a genus of minute sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the family Rissoidae. Species Species within the genus ''Cingula'' include: * '' Cingula aequa'' (E. A. Smith, 1890) * '' Cingula agapeta'' (E. A. Smi ...

'' Issel, 1869 * ''

Cingula pupina ''Cingula'' is a genus of minute sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the family Rissoidae. Species Species within the genus ''Cingula'' include: * '' Cingula aequa'' (E. A. Smith, 1890) * '' Cingula agapeta'' (E. A. Smi ...

'' Cossmann, 1918 * ''

Cingula regiorivi ''Cingula'' is a genus of minute sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the family Rissoidae. Species Species within the genus ''Cingula'' include: * '' Cingula aequa'' (E. A. Smith, 1890) * '' Cingula agapeta'' (E. A. Smith, ...

'' A. W. Janssen, 1967 † * ''

Cingula scipio ''Cingula'' is a genus of minute sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the family Rissoidae. Species Species within the genus ''Cingula'' include: * '' Cingula aequa'' (E. A. Smith, 1890) * '' Cingula agapeta'' (E. A. Smit ...

'' Dall, 1887 * ''

Cingula simulans ''Cingula'' is a genus of minute sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the family Rissoidae. Species Species within the genus ''Cingula'' include: * '' Cingula aequa'' (E. A. Smith, 1890) * '' Cingula agapeta'' (E. A. Smi ...

'' (E. A. Smith, 1890) * ''

Cingula sternbergensis ''Cingula'' is a genus of minute sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the family Rissoidae. Species Species within the genus ''Cingula'' include: * '' Cingula aequa'' (E. A. Smith, 1890) * '' Cingula agapeta'' (E. A. Smi ...

'' R. Janssen, 1978 † * '' Cingula stewardsoni'' (Vanatta, 1909) * ''

Cingula trifasciata ''Cingula trifasciata'' is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Rissoidae Rissoidae is a large family of very small and minute sea snails with an operculum, marine gastropod mollusks i ...

'' (J. Adams, 1800) * '' Cingula turonensis'' Peyrot, 1938 † * '' Cingula turoniensis'' Glibert, 1949 † * '' Cingula vaga'' (E. A. Smith, 1890) * '' Cingula varicifera'' (E. A. Smith, 1890) * '' Cingula vera'' Cossmann & Peyrot, 1919 † * '' Cingula villae'' Issel, 1869 * ''

Cingula waabitica ''Cingula'' is a genus of minute sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the family Rissoidae. Species Species within the genus ''Cingula'' include: * '' Cingula aequa'' (E. A. Smith, 1890) * '' Cingula agapeta'' (E. A. Smi ...

'' Issel, 1869 * '' Cingula wallichi'' (E. A. Smith, 1890) * '' Cingula whitechurchi'' (Turton, 1932) * ''

Cingula winslowae ''Cingula'' is a genus of minute sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the family Rissoidae. Species Species within the genus ''Cingula'' include: * '' Cingula aequa'' (E. A. Smith, 1890) * '' Cingula agapeta'' (E. A. Smi ...

'' (Bartsch, 1928) ;Synonymized species : * ''Cingula alaskana'' Bartsch, 1912: synonym of '' Onoba mighelsi'' (Stimpson, 1851) *'' Cingula alderi'' (Jeffreys, 1858): synonym of ''

Obtusella intersecta ''Obtusella intersecta'' is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Rissoidae Rissoidae is a large family of very small and minute sea snails with an operculum, marine gastropod mollusks in ...

'' (Wood S., 1857) * ''Cingula aleutica'' Dall, 1887: synonym of '' Falsicingula aleutica'' (Dall, 1887) * ''Cingula anselmoi'' van Aartsen & Engl, 1999: synonym of '' Setia anselmoi'' (van Aartsen & Engl, 1999) * ''Cingula antipolitana'' van der Linden & W.M. Wagner, 1987: synonym of ''

Setia antipolitana ''Setia antipolitana'' is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Rissoidae Rissoidae is a large family of very small and minute sea snails with an operculum, marine gastropod mollusks in ...

'' (van der Linden & Wagner, 1987) * ''Cingula apicina'' Verrill, 1884: synonym of ''

Epitonium frielei ''Epitonium'' is a genus of small predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks. ''Epitonium'' is the type genus of the family Epitoniidae, the wentletraps.Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2010). Epitonium Röding, 1798. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. ...

'' (Dall, 1889) * ''Cingula arenaria'' auct. non Maton & Rackett, 1807: synonym of ''

Onoba mighelsii ''Onoba mighelsii'' is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Rissoidae Rissoidae is a large family of very small and minute sea snails with an operculum, marine gastropod mollusks in the s ...

'' (Stimpson, 1851) * ''Cingula beniamina'' Monterosato, 1844: synonym of ''

Crisilla beniamina ''Crisilla beniamina'' is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Rissoidae Rissoidae is a large family of very small and minute sea snails with an operculum, marine gastropod mollusks in ...

'' (Monterosato, 1884) * ''Cingula castanea'' (Möller, 1842): synonym of '' Boreocingula castanea'' (Møller, 1842) * ''Cingula cingillus'' ( Montagu, 1803): synonym of ''Cingula trifasciata'' (J. Adams, 1800) * ''Cingula eyerdami'' Willett, 1934: synonym of ''

Onoba carpenteri ''Onoba carpenteri'' is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Rissoidae Rissoidae is a large family of very small and minute sea snails with an operculum, marine gastropod mollusks in the ...

'' (Weinkauff, 1885) * ''Cingula forresterensis'' Willett, 1934: synonym of ''

Onoba forresterensis Onoba may refer to: * Huelva, Spain *Honuba Honuba (also, Khonuba and Onoba) is a village and municipality in the Yardymli Rayon of Azerbaijan Azerbaijan (, ; az, Azərbaycan ), officially the Republic of Azerbaijan, , also sometimes offic ...

'' (Willett, 1934) * ''Cingula globulus'': synonym of '' Boreocingula globulus'' (Moller, 1842) * ''

Cingula griegi ''Cingula'' is a genus of minute sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the family Rissoidae. Species Species within the genus ''Cingula'' include: * '' Cingula aequa'' (E. A. Smith, 1890) * '' Cingula agapeta'' (E. A. Smith, ...

'' (Friele, 1879): synonym of ''

Pusillina tumidula ''Pusillina'' is a genus of minute sea snails, marine (ocean), marine gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the family (biology), family Rissoidae. Species Species within the genus ''Pusillina'' include: * ''Pusillina amblia'' (Watson, 1886) * ...

'' (G. O. Sars, 1878) * ''Cingula jacksoni'' (Bartsch, 1953): synonym of ''

Onobops jacksoni ''Onobops jacksoni'', common name the fine-lined hydrobe, is a species of very small aquatic snail, an operculate gastropod mollusk in the family Family (from la, familia) is a Social group, group of people related either by consanguinity ...

'' (Bartsch, 1953) * ''Cingula katherinae'' Bartsch, 1911: synonym of '' Boreocingula martyni'' (Dall, 1886) * ''Cingula moerchi'' Collin, 1887: synonym of ''

Alvania moerchi ''Alvania moerchi'' is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Rissoidae Rissoidae is a large family of very small and minute sea snails with an operculum, marine gastropod mollusks in the ...

'' (Collin, 1886) * ''Cingula nitida'': synonym of ''

Peringiella elegans ''Peringiella elegans'' is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Rissoidae Rissoidae is a large family of very small and minute sea snails with an operculum, marine gastropod mollusks i ...

'' (Locard, 1892) * ''Cingula parva'' (da Costa, 1778): synonym of ''

Rissoa parva ''Rissoa parva'' is a species of minute sea snail, a marine (ocean), marine gastropod mollusc or micromollusc in the family (biology), family Rissoidae. Taxonomy The status of R. interrupta in relation to R. parva is still a point of discussion ...

'' (da Costa, 1778) * ''Cingula proxima'': synonym of ''

Ceratia proxima ''Ceratia'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks the family Iravadiidae Iravadiidae is a family of minute sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the superfamily Truncatelloidea and the clade Littorinimorpha Littorinim ...

'' (Forbes & Hanley, 1850) * ''Cingula semicostata'' ( Montagu, 1803): synonym of '' Onoba semicostata'' ( Montagu, 1803) * ''Cingula semistriata'' Montagu: synonym of ''

Crisilla semistriata ''Crisilla semistriata'' is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Rissoidae Rissoidae is a large family of very small and minute sea snails with an operculum, marine gastropod mollusks i ...

'' ( Montagu, 1808) * ''Cingula striata'' Montagu: synonym of '' Onoba semicostata'' ( Montagu, 1803) * ''Cingula sulcata'' O. Boettger, 1893: synonym of ''

Liroceratia sulcata ''Liroceratia'' is a genus of very small, somewhat amphibious land snails that have a gill and an operculum, semi- terrestrial gastropod mollusks or micromollusk in the family Iravadiidae Iravadiidae is a family of minute sea snails, mari ...

'' (Boettger, 1893) * ''Cingula vitrea'': synonym of '' Hyala vitrea'' ( Montagu, 1803)

References

* Vaught, K.C. (1989). ''A classification of the living Mollusca''. American Malacologists: Melbourne, FL (USA). . XII, 195 pp * Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). ''European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification''. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180–213

External links

Ponder W. F. (1985). ''A review of the Genera of the Rissoidae (Mollusca: Mesogastropoda: Rissoacea)''. Records of the Australian Museum supplement 4: 1-221
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