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Cingulina brazieri

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Species of gastropod

Cingulina brazieri
Drawing of a shell of Cingulina brazieri
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Family: Pyramidellidae
Genus: Cingulina
Species: C. brazieri
Binomial name
Cingulina brazieri
Angas, 1877
Synonyms
  • Eulimella tricincta Tate, 1898
  • Terebra hedleyi Tate, 1901
  • Stylifer brazieri Angas, 1877

Cingulina brazieri is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies.

Description

The white shell is smooth, pellucid, and polished. Its length measures 4 mm. The teleoconch contains six whorls that are flattened just below the suture, which is finely, callously margined. The apex is styliform.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off the coasts of New South Wales, Australia, mainly throughout deep areas east of the Sydney Harbour.

References

  1. Angas. Zool. Proc., t. 5, f. 5, 1877,
  2. ^ OBIS: Cingulina brazieri, Angas, 1877; retrieved: 15 January 2012
  3. G.W. Tryon, Manual of Conchology vol. VIII, p. 291; 1889 (described as Stylifer brazieri)
Taxon identifiers
Cingulina brazieri
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