Cingula is a genus of minute sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the family Rissoidae.[1]

Cingula
Cingula trifasciata
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Rissooidea
Family: Rissoidae
Genus: Cingula
Fleming, 1818
Type species
Cingula trifasciata (Adams J., 1800)
Species

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Synonyms[1]
  • Cingilla Monterosato, 1884
  • Cingula (Lirocingula) Ponder, 1985· accepted, alternate representation
  • Rissoa (Cingula) J. Fleming, 1818
  • Rissoia (Cingula) J. Fleming, 1818
  • Sabanaea Leach in Gray, 1847
  • Sabanea [sic] (misspelling of Sabanaea Leach in Gray, 1847 (October) by Gray (1847: November))

Species

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Species within the genus Cingula include:

Synonymized species

References

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  1. ^ a b Cingula Fleming, 1818. Gofas, S. (2010). Cingula Fleming, 1818. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138445 on 9 February 2012 .
  2. ^ Cingula anselmoi van Aartsen & Engl, 1999. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 9 August 2010.
  3. ^ Cingula semistriata Montagu. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 9 August 2010.
  4. ^ Cingula striata Montagu. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 9 August 2010.
  5. ^ Cingula vitrea. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 9 August 2010.
  • Vaught, K.C. (1989). A classification of the living Mollusca. American Malacologists: Melbourne, FL (USA). ISBN 0-915826-22-4. XII, 195 pp
  • Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180–213
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