Girdled horn shell
Pirenella cingulata
- Usual depth0–20 m
- Water temperature15–30 °C
- Best monthsJune and July
- How commonOccasional
About this species
Pirenella cingulata is a species of medium-sized sea snails or mud snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Potamididae, the horn snails.
Text from the Wikipedia article “Pirenella cingulata”, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Read the article
Where and when
Where it has been recorded
Worldwide
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Best months
Worldwide (open data)
- January: 19 records
- February: 12 records
- March: 6 records
- April: 21 records
- May: 2 records
- June: 50 records
- July: 40 records
- August: 26 records
- September: 28 records
- October: 15 records
- November: 18 records
- December: 15 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 0–20 m · Deepest record: 20 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 15–30 °C
Names and classification
- English
- Girdled horn shell, Girdled hornsnail, girdled horn shell, girdled hornsnail
Names in 4 more languages
- German
- Gürtel-Schlammschnecke
- Japanese
- ヘナタリ
- Korean
- 비틀이고둥
- Simplified Chinese
- 栓海蜷
Other scientific names: Cerithidea (Cerithideopsilla) cingulata, Cerithidea cingulata, Cerithidea fluviatilis, Cerithideopsilla cingulata, Cerithium fluviatile, Murex cingulatus, Potamides cingulatus, Potamides fluviatilis, Pyradus cinculatus, Pyrazus cingulatus, Strombus picta, Tympanotonos fluviatilis
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Sources and credits
Names and taxonomy: WoRMS (CC BY 4.0) and the GBIF Backbone (CC BY 4.0). Photos: iNaturalist observers, each under the licence shown (CC0, CC BY or CC BY-SA).
- Depth, temperature, months and maps: records from OBIS and GBIF under CC0 or CC BY.
- Descriptions: Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA, each linked to its article.
- Conservation status as published by GBIF (IUCN Red List).
- 703 open-data records from 1791 to 2014.
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