Cyclostrema cingulatum
Cyclostrema cingulatum is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Liotiidae.[1]
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| Drawing of a shell of Cyclostrema cingulatum | |
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| Species: | C. cingulatum |
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| Cyclostrema cingulatum (Philippi, 1852) | |
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Delphinula cingulata Philippi, 1852 | |
Description
The diameter of the shell is 1.5 mm. The shell is narrowly umbilicated, with radiating low, broadly rounded undulations above, scalloping the periphery. The shell is quadricarinate in the adults, bicarinate in the young, the carinae being more acuate, sinuately dentate, and dotted with brown. The aperture is subcircular in the adult.[2]
Distribution
This species occurs in the Red Sea and in the Indian Ocean off Madagascar.
References
- Cyclostrema cingulatum Philippi, 1853. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 22 April 2010.
- G.W. Tryon (1888), Manual of Conchology X; Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia
- Dautzenberg, Ph. (1929). Contribution à l'étude de la faune de Madagascar: Mollusca marina testacea. Faune des colonies françaises, III (fasc. 4). Société d'Editions géographiques, maritimes et coloniales: Paris. 321–636, plates IV-VII pp.
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