Cingulina is a genus of small sea snails, pyramidellid gastropod mollusks. in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies.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
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.G.W. Tryon, Manual of Conchology vol. VIII, p. 318] 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.Dall & Bartsch, A Monograph of West American Pyramidellid Mollusks; Smithsonian Institution, bulletin 68, p. 12; 1909
Distribution This species is mainly distributed off the coasts of Japan and various European countries.
Species Cingulina acutilirata G. B. Sowerby III, 1892 Cingulina aikeni Poppe, Tagaro & Goto, 2018 Cingulina archimedea Melvill, 1896 Cingulina austrina Laseron, 1959 Cingulina bellardii Hornung & Mermod, 1924 Cingulina brazieri Angas, G.F., 1877 Cingulina cingulata (Dunker, 1860) Cingulina circinata A. Adams, 1860 Cingulina dussaulti Saurin, 1962 Cingulina imperita Laseron, 1959 Cingulina inaequalis Saurin, 1958 Cingulina inamuragasakiensis Nomura, 1938 Cingulina isseli (Tryon, 1886) Cingulina japonica Clessin, 1902 Cingulina laticingula (Dall, W.H. & P. Bartsch, 1906) Cingulina magna Gatliff & Gabriel, 1910 Cingulina pulchra (Brazier, 1894) Cingulina puncticingulata Nomura, 1938 Cingulina rhyllensis Gatliff & Gabriel, 1910 Cingulina rugosa Saurin, 1959 Cingulina secernenda Melvill, 1918 Cingulina spina (Crosse & Fischer, 1864) Cingulina superba Thiele, 1925 † Cingulina tardichattica Lozouet, 1999 Cingulina trisulcata Sowerby III, 1894 Cingulina truncata Saurin, 1959 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): 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
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