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Cingula trifasciata

(J. Adams, 1800)


Ian Smith 14 images and detailed account (under image 1) of Cingula trifasciata uploaded at http://www.flickr.com/photos/56388191@N08/collections/72157633613018744/ Includes comparative images with Lacuna vincta summer and winter as sometimes confused.

Message posted on Seasearch Identifications on 13 Aug 2013
Ian Smith 14 images and detailed account (under image 1) of Cingula trifasciata uploaded at http://www.flickr.com/photos/56388191@N08/collections/72157633613018744/ Includes comparative images with Lacuna vincta summer and winter as sometimes confused.

Jan Light Wonderful series of images Ian, especially those showing the two species side by side. Also striations on C. trifasciata are really clear in some images. Worth looking at everyone!

Simon Taylor Brilliant as always Ian. :->

Message posted on British Marine Mollusca on 13 Aug 2013
Taxonomy
Animalia (Kingdom)
  Mollusca (Phylum)
    Gastropoda (Class)
      Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
        Littorinimorpha (Order)
          Rissooidea (Superfamily)
            Rissoidae (Family)
              Rissoinae (Subfamily)
                Cingula (Genus)
                  Cingula trifasciata (Species)
Associated Species