Trochia cingulata, common name : the girdled dogwhelk, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]

Description

The shell size varies between 20 mm and 45 mm

Distribution

This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off Namibia and the West Coast of South Africa.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c Trochia cingulata (Linnaeus, 1771). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 2 January 20112010.
  • Branch, G.M. et al. (2002). Two Oceans. 5th impression. David Philip, Cate Town & Johannesburg
  • Houart R., Kilburn R.N. & Marais A.P. (2010) Muricidae. pp. 176–270, in: Marais A.P. & Seccombe A.D. (eds), Identification guide to the seashells of South Africa. Volume 1. Groenkloof: Centre for Molluscan Studies. 376 pp


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