Trochia cingulata, common name : the girdled dogwhelk, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]
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| Several shells of Trochia cingulata (museum specimens at Naturalis Biodiversity Center) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Muricidae |
| Genus: | Trochia |
| Species: | T. cingulata
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| Binomial name | |
| Trochia cingulata (Linnaeus, 1771)
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Description
editThe shell size varies between 20 mm and 45 mm
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Distribution
editThis species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off Namibia and the West Coast of South Africa.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b c Trochia cingulata (Linnaeus, 1771). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 2 January 20112010.
- Branch, G.M. et al. (2002). Two Oceans. 5th impression. David Philip, Cate Town & Johannesburg
- Houart R., Kilburn R.N. & Marais A.P. (2010) Muricidae. pp. 176–270, in: Marais A.P. & Seccombe A.D. (eds), Identification guide to the seashells of South Africa. Volume 1. Groenkloof: Centre for Molluscan Studies. 376 pp
External links
edit- "Trochia cingulata". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 2 January 2011.
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