Cingulina

Cingulina is a genus of small sea snails, pyramidellid gastropod mollusks. in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies.[2]

Cingulina
Cingulina cingulata shell
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Subcohort: Panpulmonata
Superfamily: Pyramidelloidea
Family: Pyramidellidae
Genus: Cingulina
A. Adams, 1860[1]
Type species
Cingulina circinata
A. Adams, 1860
Synonyms

Turbonilla (Cingulina) A. Adams, 1860

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.[3] 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.[4]

Distribution

This species is mainly distributed off the coasts of Japan and various European countries.

Species
Species brought into synonymy
  • Cingulina aglaia (Bartsch, 1915): synonym of Polyspirella aglaia (Bartsch, 1915)
  • Cingulina australis Tenison-Woods, 1877: synonym of Lironoba australis (Tenison-Woods, 1877)
  • Cingulina babylonia (C. B. Adams, 1845): synonym of Pseudoscilla babylonia (C. B. Adams, 1845)
  • Cingulina biarata Nomura, 1937: synonym of Paracingulina triarata (Pilsbry, 1904)
  • Cingulina callista (Bartsch, 1915): synonym of Polyspirella callista (Bartsch, 1915)
  • Cingulina carinata Mörch, 1876: synonym of Teretinax carinata (Mörch, 1876)
  • Cingulina densistriata Nomura, 1936: synonym of Murchisonella densistriata (Nomura, 1936) (original combination)
  • Cingulina evermanni (Baker, Hanna & Strong, 1928): synonym of Murchisonella evermanni (F. Baker, Hanna & A. M. Strong, 1928)
  • Cingulina inequicingulata (Nomura, 1938): synonym of Paracingulina inequicingulata (Nomura, 1938)
  • Cingulina insignis May, 1911: synonym of Seila insignis (May, 1911)
  • Cingulina laticingulata [sic]: synonym of Cingulina laticingula (Dall & Bartsch, 1906) (misspelling)
  • Cingulina mutuwanensis Nomura, 1938: synonym of Cingulina cingulata (Dunker, 1860)
  • Cingulina terebra (Dunker, 1860): synonym of Paracingulina terebra (Dunker, 1860)
  • Cingulina torcularis (Tenison-Woods, 1878): synonym of Icuncula torcularis (Tenison-Woods, 1878)
  • Cingulina trachealis (Gould, 1861):[7] synonym of Polyspirella trachealis (Gould, 1861)
  • Cingulina triarata Pilsbry, 1904: synonym of Paracingulina triarata (Pilsbry, 1904)
  • Cingulina urdeneta (Bartsch, 1917): synonym of Turbonilla urdeneta Bartsch, 1917

References
  1. A. Adams, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., 3d ser., vol. 6, 1860, p. 414
  2. 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
  3. G.W. Tryon, Manual of Conchology vol. VIII, p. 318]
  4. Dall & Bartsch, A Monograph of West American Pyramidellid Mollusks; Smithsonian Institution, bulletin 68, p. 12; 1909
  5. "Cingulina brazieri". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 26 December 2011.
  6. "Cingulina laticingulata". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 26 December 2011.
  7. "Cingulina trachealis". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 26 December 2011.
  • Vaught, K.C. (1989). A classification of the living Mollusca. American Malacologists: Melbourne, FL (USA). ISBN 0-915826-22-4. 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
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