''Pirenella cingulata'' is a

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of medium-sized

sea snail Sea snail is a common name for slow-moving marine gastropod molluscs, usually with visible external shells, such as whelk or abalone. They share the taxonomic class Gastropoda with slugs, which are distinguished from snails primarily by the ...

s or mud snails,

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s in the

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Potamididae, the horn snails.Bouchet, P. (2016). Pirenella cingulata (Gmelin, 1791). In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=870525 on 2016-03-28

Distribution

* Indo-Pacific coast. * Hormozgan Province in

Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a country located in Western Asia. It is bordered by Iraq and Turkey to the west, by Azerbaijan and Armenia to the northwest, by the Caspian Sea and Turkmeni ...

.Glöer P. & Pešić V. (2012). "The freshwater snails (Gastropoda) of Iran, with descriptions of two new genera and eight new species". ''

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'' 219: 11-61, .

Description

Ecology

Parasites of ''Cerithideopsilla cingulata'' include: *

Heterophyidae Heterophyidae is a family of intestinal trematodes in the order Plagiorchiida. Description: " Tegument covered by spines. Oral sucker not armed or armed by cyrcumoral spines. Pharynx presented. Genital synus presented. Ventral and genital suc ...

: ''Cerithideopsilla cingulata'' serves as the first intermediate host of ''

Heterophyes nocens ''Heterophyes nocens'' is a species of trematodes, or fluke worms, in the family Heterophyidae. Distribution This species occurs in: * southwestern Korea in coastal regions * Kōchi Prefecture, Chiba Prefecture, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Chūgoku re ...

''.Chai J.-Y., Shin E.-H., Lee S.-H. & Rim H.-J. (2009). "Foodborne Intestinal Flukes in Southeast Asia". '' The Korean Journal of Parasitology'' 47(Suppl): S69-S102. . *

Echinostomatidae Echinostomatidae is a Family (biology), family of Trematoda, trematodes in the Order (biology), order Plagiorchiida, first described in 1899.Fuhrmann, O. (1928). ''Zweite Klasse des Cladus Platyhelminthes: Trematoda''. Berlin & Leipzig: Kükentha ...

: ''Cerithideopsilla cingulata'' serves as the first intermediate host of '' Acanthoparyphium tyosenense''.

References

External links

SeaLifeBase: ''Pirenella cingulata'' info
Potamididae Marine molluscs of Asia Mangrove fauna Fauna of Southeast Asia Fauna of Indonesia Invertebrates of Malaysia Gastropods described in 1791 Taxa named by Johann Friedrich Gmelin {{Potamididae-stub