Cinysca dunkeri

Cinysca dunkeri is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Areneidae.[1]

Cinysca dunkeri
Several shells of Cinysca dunkeri (museum specimens at Naturalis Biodiversity Center)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Vetigastropoda
Superfamily:
Angarioidea
Family:
Areneidae
Genus:
Cinysca
Species:
C. dunkeri
Binomial name
Cinysca dunkeri
(Philippi, 1852)
Synonyms
  • Cinysca granulosa (Dunker, 1848)
  • Cynisca granulosa (Dunker, 1848)
  • Delphinula dunkeri Philippi, 1853 (original combination)
  • Delphinula granulosa Dunker, 1848 (invalid: junior homonym of Delphinula granulosa Grateloup, 1828; D. dunkeri is a replacement name)

Description

Cinysca dunkeri (Lüderitz-eastern Wild Coast) has a thick, rounded shell; uniformly pale on the west coast, speckled on the south coast. Umbilicus large and obvious. About eight strong, equal-sized ridges spiral around each whorl and corrugate the outer lip. Operculum horny and flexible, but has spiral rows of minute calcareous beads. Related to turban shells (Plate 78) although specifically resembling wrinkles.[2]

Distribution

Cinysca dunkeri can be found off of South Africa and Namibia.[3]

References
  1. Cinysca dunkeri (Philippi, 1852). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.
  2. Branch, George (2017). Two Oceans: A guide to the marine life of southern Africa. Penguin Random House South Africa. ISBN 978-1-77584-278-1.
  3. "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Cinysca dunkeri (Philippi, 1853)". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 16 May 2020.


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