Persicula cingulata

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

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)

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.