Cingulina brazieri
Cingulina brazieri is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies.[2]
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| Drawing of a shell of Cingulina brazieri | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
| Family: | Pyramidellidae |
| Genus: | Cingulina |
| Species: | C. brazieri |
| Binomial name | |
| Cingulina brazieri Angas, 1877 [1] | |
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Description
The white shell is smooth, pellucid, and polished. Its length measures 4 mm. The teleoconch contains six whorls that are flattened just below the suture, which is finely, callously margined. The apex is styliform.[3]
Distribution
This marine species occurs off the coasts of New South Wales, Australia, mainly throughout deep areas east of the Sydney Harbour.
References
- Angas. Zool. Proc., t. 5, f. 5, 1877,
- OBIS: Cingulina brazieri, Angas, 1877; retrieved: 15 January 2012
- G.W. Tryon, Manual of Conchology vol. VIII, p. 291; 1889 (described as Stylifer brazieri)
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