Pirenella cingulata
Appearance
Pirenella cingulata | |
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shell of Pirenella cingulata | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Family: | Potamididae |
Genus: | Pirenella |
Species: | P. cingulata
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Binomial name | |
Pirenella cingulata (Gmelin, 1791)
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Synonyms[1] | |
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Pirenella cingulata is a species of medium-sized sea snails or mud snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Potamididae, the horn snails.[2]
Distribution
[edit]- Indo-Pacific coast.[3]
- Hormozgan Province in Iran.[3]
Description
[edit]Ecology
[edit]Parasites of Cerithideopsilla cingulata include:
- Heterophyidae: Cerithideopsilla cingulata serves as the first intermediate host of Heterophyes nocens.[4]
- Echinostomatidae: Cerithideopsilla cingulata serves as the first intermediate host of Acanthoparyphium tyosenense.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ Ozawa T., Yin W., Fu C., Claremont M., Smith L. & Reid D. G. (2015). "Allopatry and overlap in a clade of snails from mangroves and mud flats in the Indo-West Pacific and Mediterranean (Gastropoda: Potamididae: Cerithideopsilla)". Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 114(1): 212-228. doi:10.1111/bij.12401.
- ^ Bouchet, P. (2016). Pirenella cingulata (Gmelin, 1791). In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=870525 on 2016-03-28
- ^ a b Glöer P. & Pešić V. (2012). "The freshwater snails (Gastropoda) of Iran, with descriptions of two new genera and eight new species". ZooKeys 219: 11-61, doi:10.3897/zookeys.219.3406.
- ^ a b Chai J.-Y., Shin E.-H., Lee S.-H. & Rim H.-J. (2009). "Foodborne Intestinal Flukes in Southeast Asia". The Korean Journal of Parasitology 47(Suppl): S69-S102. doi:10.3347/kjp.2009.47.S.S69.
External links
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