Persicula cingulata

Persicula cingulata
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Cystiscidae
Subfamily:	Persiculinae
Genus:	Persicula
Species:	P. cingulata
Binomial name
	Persicula cingulata; (Dillwyn, 1817)
Synonyms
	Marginella (Persicula) persiculocingulata Tournier, 1997 (original combination); Marginella persiculocingulata Tournier, 1997 ·; Marginella vittata Hutton, 1873; Persicula persiculocingulata (Tournier, 1997); Voluta cingulata Dillwyn, 1817 (original combination);

Persicula cingulata is a species of very small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Cystiscidae.^[1]

Description

(Described as Marginella vittata) The shell has a subcylindrical shape and is rather flattened below. The spire is concealed. The columella shows four or five plaits near the anterior end. The outer lip is not thickened (youug specimen ?). The shell is yellowish white, with thin interrupted spiral bands of brown. The columella is white.^[2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Senegal, Mauritania and the Cape Verdes; also off New Zealand.

References

^ Persicula cingulata (Dillwyn, 1817). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 April 2010.
^ Hutton, F. W. (1873). Catalogue of the marine Mollusca of New Zealand, with diagnoses of the species. Didsbury, Wellington, xx + 116 pp

Adanson, M., 1757 Histoire naturelle du Sénégal. Coquillages, p. 275 p, 19 pls
Fischer-Piette, E., 1942. Les mollusques d'Adanson. Journal de Conchyliologie 85: 104-366
Tournier, A. (1997). New species from Senegal / Nouvelle espece du Senegal Marginella (Persicula) persiculocingulata. World Shells. 23: 71–72.
Rolán E., 2005. Malacological Fauna From The Cape Verde Archipelago. Part 1, Polyplacophora and Gastropoda.
Wolff, W.J.; Duiven, P.; Esselink, P.; Gueve, A. (1993). Biomass of macrobenthic tidal flat fauna of the Banc d'Arguin, Mauritania. Hydrobiologia 258(1-3): 151-163

External links

Dillwyn, L. W. (1817). A descriptive catalogue of Recent shells, arranged according to the Linnean method; with particular attention to the synonymy. London: John and Arthur Arch. Vol. 1: 1-580; Vol. 2: 581-1092 + index

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[WoRMS-1] Persicula cingulata (Dillwyn, 1817). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 April 2010.

[2] Hutton, F. W. (1873). Catalogue of the marine Mollusca of New Zealand, with diagnoses of the species. Didsbury, Wellington, xx + 116 pp

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