Pirenella cingulata is a species of medium-sized sea snails or mud snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Potamididae, the horn snails.[2]

Pirenella cingulata
shell of Pirenella cingulata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Family: Potamididae
Genus: Pirenella
Species:
P. cingulata
Binomial name
Pirenella cingulata
(Gmelin, 1791)
Synonyms[1]
  • Cerithidea cingulata (Gmelin, 1791)
  • Cerithidea cingulata (Gmelin, 1791)
  • Cerithidea fluviatilis (Potiez & Michaud, 1838)
  • Cerithideopsilla cingulata (Gmelin, 1791)
  • Cerithium fluviatile Potiez & Michaud, 1838
  • Murex cingulatus Gmelin, 1791 (original combination)
  • Potamides cingulatus (Gmelin, 1791)
  • Potamides fluviatilis (Potiez & Michaud, 1838)
  • Strombus picta Röding, 1798 (objective synonym)
  • Tympanotonos fluviatilis (Potiez & Michaud, 1838)

Distribution

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Description

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Comparison of live individual of Pirenella cingulata on the left, with Pirenella incisa on the right.

Ecology

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Parasites of Cerithideopsilla cingulata include:

References

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  1. ^ Ozawa T., Yin W., Fu C., Claremont M., Smith L. & Reid D. G. (2015). "Allopatry and overlap in a clade of snails from mangroves and mud flats in the Indo-West Pacific and Mediterranean (Gastropoda: Potamididae: Cerithideopsilla)". Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 114(1): 212-228. doi:10.1111/bij.12401.
  2. ^ Bouchet, P. (2016). Pirenella cingulata (Gmelin, 1791). In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=870525 on 2016-03-28
  3. ^ a b Glöer P. & Pešić V. (2012). "The freshwater snails (Gastropoda) of Iran, with descriptions of two new genera and eight new species". ZooKeys 219: 11-61, doi:10.3897/zookeys.219.3406.
  4. ^ a b Chai J.-Y., Shin E.-H., Lee S.-H. & Rim H.-J. (2009). "Foodborne Intestinal Flukes in Southeast Asia". The Korean Journal of Parasitology 47(Suppl): S69-S102. doi:10.3347/kjp.2009.47.S.S69.
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