Pirenella cingulata
Species of gastropod
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Pirenella cingulata is a species of medium-sized sea snails or mud snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Potamididae, the horn snails.[2]
| Pirenella cingulata | |
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| shell of Pirenella cingulata | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | incertae sedis |
| Family: | Potamididae |
| Genus: | Pirenella |
| Species: | P. cingulata |
| Binomial name | |
| Pirenella cingulata (Gmelin, 1791) | |
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Distribution
- Indo-Pacific coast.[3]
- Hormozgan Province in Iran.[3]
Description
Ecology
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]
