''Circulus cinguliferus'' is a
species of
sea snail
Sea snail is a common name for slow-moving marine gastropod molluscs, usually with visible external shells, such as whelk or abalone. They share the taxonomic class Gastropoda with slugs, which are distinguished from snails primarily by the ...
, a marine
gastropod
The gastropods (), commonly known as snails and slugs, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda ().
This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, from freshwater, and from land. T ...
mollusk in the
family Vitrinellidae
Vitrinellidae is a family of very small and minute sea snails with an operculum, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Truncatelloidea.MolluscaBase (2018). Vitrinellidae Bush, 1897. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: h ...
.
Description
Distribution
This marine species occurs in the Indian Ocean off
Madagascar.
References
Vitrinellidae
Gastropods described in 1850
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