Cingulina isseli is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies.[1][2][3]
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| Drawing of a shell of Cingulina isseli | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
| Family: | Pyramidellidae |
| Genus: | Cingulina |
| Species: | C. isseli
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| Cingulina isseli (Tryon, 1886)
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This species was originally described by Issel as Eulimella cingulata, a preoccupied name.
Description edit
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 contains nine whorls, the last with 4 cingulations. The base of the shell is smooth.[4]
Distribution edit
This species occurs in the following locations:[1]
- European waters (ERMS scope)
- Mersin Bay
- Madagascar
- Mediterranean Sea
- Red Sea
- Persian Gulf
References edit
- ^ a b c Gofas, S. (2011). Cingulina isseli (Tryon, 1886). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=140940 on 2011-10-26
- ^ 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
- ^ Streftaris, N.; Zenetos, A.; Papathanassiou, E. (2005). Globalisation in marine ecosystems: the story of non-indigenous marine species across European seas. Oceanogr. Mar. Biol. Annu. Rev. 43: 419-453
- ^ Manual of Conchology vol. VIII, G.W. Tryon, p. 339; 1889
- 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 edit
- To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications)
- To CLEMAM
- To Encyclopedia of Life
- To World Register of Marine Species
- "Cingulina isseli". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 15 January 2012.