''Cingulina isseli'' is a

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, a marine

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in the

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Pyramidellidae Pyramidellidae, common name the pyram family, or pyramid shells, is a voluminous taxonomic family of mostly small and minute ectoparasitic sea snails, marine heterobranch gastropod molluscs. The great majority of species of pyrams are micromol ...

, the pyrams and their allies.Gofas, S. (2011). ''Cingulina isseli'' (Tryon, 1886). Accessed through:

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at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=140940 on 2011-10-26 This species was originally described by Issel as ''Eulimella cingulata'', a preoccupied name.

Description

The length of the shell measures 3.5 mm. The white shell is a little shining, translucent, and spirally cingulated. The interstices are longitudinally striated. The

teleoconch The gastropod shell is part of the body of many gastropods, including snails, a kind of mollusc. The shell is an exoskeleton, which protects from predators, mechanical damage, and dehydration, but also serves for muscle attachment and calcium ...

contains nine

whorl A whorl ( or ) is an individual circle, oval, volution or equivalent in a whorled pattern, which consists of a spiral or multiple concentric objects (including circles, ovals and arcs). In nature File:Photograph and axial plane floral diagra ...

s, the last with 4 cingulations. The base of the shell is smooth.Manual of Conchology vol. VIII
G.W. Tryon, p. 339; 1889

Distribution

This species occurs in the following locations: *

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an waters (ERMS scope) * Mersin Bay *

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References

* Melvill, J.C., 1911. ''A revision of the species of the family Pyramidellidae occurring in the Persian Gulf, Gulf of Oman and North Arabian Sea, as exemplified mostly in the collections made by Mr. F.W. Townsend (1893-1900), with descriptions of new species.'' Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London 9:171-207, pl. 4–6. * Hornung, A. & Mermod, G., 1924. ''Mollusques de la Mer Rouge recueillis par A. Issel faisant partie des collections du Musee Civique d'Histoire Naturelle de Genes. Premiere partie, Pyramidellidés''. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova 51:283-311 * Odé, H. (1998). ''Indo-Pacific taxa of turbonilids, excluding those along the Americas''. Texas Conchologist. 34 (2): 33-103

External links

Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications)

CLEMAM

Encyclopedia of Life

World Register of Marine Species
* {{Taxonbar, from=Q5120932 Pyramidellidae Gastropods described in 1886