Littoraria cingulifera | |
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Littoraria cingulifera from western African coast, on display at the Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milano | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Littorinimorpha |
Family: | Littorinidae |
Genus: | Littoraria |
Species: | L. cingulifera
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Binomial name | |
Littoraria cingulifera (Dunker, 1845)
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Littoraria cingulifera is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Littorinidae, the winkles or periwinkles.[1]
This species is present in the North Atlantic Ocean, West African Coast.
Shells of this species can reach a size of about 6 millimetres (0.24 in).[2]