Cingulina brazieri is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies.[2]
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Drawing of a shell of Cingulina brazieri | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Family: | Pyramidellidae |
Genus: | Cingulina |
Species: | C. brazieri
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Binomial name | |
Cingulina brazieri Angas, 1877 [1]
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Synonyms[2] | |
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Description
editThe 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.[3]
Distribution
editThis marine species occurs off the coasts of New South Wales, Australia, mainly throughout deep areas east of the Sydney Harbour.
References
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- ^ Angas. Zool. Proc., t. 5, f. 5, 1877,
- ^ a b OBIS: Cingulina brazieri, Angas, 1877; retrieved: 15 January 2012
- ^ G.W. Tryon, Manual of Conchology vol. VIII, p. 291; 1889 (described as Stylifer brazieri)