Pirenella cingulata

Pirenella cingulata
	shell of Pirenella cingulata
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Family:	Potamididae
Genus:	Pirenella
Species:	P. cingulata
Binomial name
	Pirenella cingulata; (Gmelin, 1791)
Synonyms[1]
	Cerithidea cingulata (Gmelin, 1791); Cerithidea cingulata (Gmelin, 1791); Cerithidea fluviatilis (Potiez & Michaud, 1838); Cerithideopsilla cingulata (Gmelin, 1791); Cerithium fluviatile Potiez & Michaud, 1838; Murex cingulatus Gmelin, 1791 (original combination); Potamides cingulatus (Gmelin, 1791); Potamides fluviatilis (Potiez & Michaud, 1838); Strombus picta Röding, 1798 (objective synonym); Tympanotonos fluviatilis (Potiez & Michaud, 1838);

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

Comparison of live individual of Pirenella cingulata on the left, with Pirenella incisa on the right.

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]

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