Cingula trifasciata

Cingula trifasciata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Rissoidae.^[1]

Cingula trifasciata
Cingula trifasciata
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Littorinimorpha
Family:	Rissoidae
Genus:	Cingula
Species:	C. trifasciata
Binomial name
Cingula trifasciata (J. Adams, 1800)
Synonyms[1]
Cingula cingulus (Montagu, 1803) Cingula vittata Donovan, E., 1803 Eulima trifasciata (J. Adams, 1800) Rissoia cingillus (Montagu) (currently in genus Cingula) Turbo cingillus Montagu, 1803 Turbo trifasciata J. Adams, 1800 (basionym)

Description

The length of an adult C. trifasciata shell varies between 3 mm and 5 mm.

Distribution

This species lives in the Atlantic Ocean from Norway to the Azores; in the Mediterranean Sea. The species C. trifasciata is however absent from the contidental shores of the North Sea.