Trochia cingulata

Trochia cingulata
Several shells of Trochia cingulata (museum specimens at Naturalis Biodiversity Center)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Muricidae
Genus:	Trochia
Species:	T. cingulata
Binomial name
Trochia cingulata (Linnaeus, 1771)
Synonyms
Buccinum cingulatum Linnaeus, 1771 (original combination) Buccinum scala Gmelin, 1791 Buccinum trochlea Bruguiere, 1789 Nucella cingulata (Linnaeus, 1771) Purpura cingulata (Linnaeus, 1771) Purpura spiralis Reeve, 1846 Pyrum ergatum Humphrey, G., 1797 Stramonita cingulata (Linnaeus, 1771) Thais cingulata (Linnaeus, 1771)

Trochia cingulata, common name : the girdled dogwhelk, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.

Description

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The shell size varies between 20 mm and 45 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off Namibia and the West Coast of South Africa.

References

• Branch, G.M. et al. (2002). Two Oceans. 5th impression. David Philip, Cate Town & Johannesburg
• Houart R., Kilburn R.N. & Marais A.P. (2010) Muricidae. pp. 176–270, in: Marais A.P. & Seccombe A.D. (eds), Identification guide to the seashells of South Africa. Volume 1. Groenkloof: Centre for Molluscan Studies. 376 pp

External links

• "Trochia cingulata". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 2 January 2011.

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