Littoraria cingulifera

Littoraria cingulifera is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Littorinidae, the winkles or periwinkles.^[1]

Littoraria cingulifera
Littoraria cingulifera from western African coast, on display at the Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milano
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Littorinimorpha
Family:	Littorinidae
Genus:	Littoraria
Species:	L. cingulifera
Binomial name
Littoraria cingulifera (Dunker, 1845)
Synonyms[1]
Littorina cingulifera Dunker, 1845

Distribution

This species is present in the North Atlantic Ocean, West African Coast.

Description

Shells of this species can reach a size of about 6 millimetres (0.24 in).^[2]