{{Short description|Species of gastropod}} {{Speciesbox | image = Cerithidea cingulata 01.JPG | image_caption = shell of ''Pirenella cingulata'' | taxon = Pirenella cingulata | authority = (Gmelin, 1791) | synonyms_ref = <ref name="Ozawa 2015">Ozawa T., Yin W., Fu C., Claremont M., Smith L. & Reid D. G. (2015). "Allopatry and overlap in a clade of snails from mangroves and mud flats in the Indo-West Pacific and Mediterranean (Gastropoda: Potamididae: ''Cerithideopsilla'')". ''Biological Journal of the Linnean Society'' '''114'''(1): 212-228. {{doi|10.1111/bij.12401}}.</ref> | synonyms = * ''Cerithidea cingulata'' <small>(Gmelin, 1791)</small> * ''Cerithidea cingulata'' <small>(Gmelin, 1791)</small> * ''Cerithidea fluviatilis'' <small>(Potiez & Michaud, 1838)</small> * ''Cerithideopsilla cingulata'' <small>(Gmelin, 1791)</small> * ''Cerithium fluviatile'' <small>Potiez & Michaud, 1838</small> * ''Murex cingulatus'' <small>Gmelin, 1791</small> (original combination) * ''Potamides cingulatus'' <small>(Gmelin, 1791)</small> * ''Potamides fluviatilis'' <small>(Potiez & Michaud, 1838)</small> * ''Strombus picta'' <small>Röding, 1798</small> (objective synonym) * ''Tympanotonos fluviatilis'' <small>(Potiez & Michaud, 1838)</small> <!--''Tympanotonus microptera'' - is it really a synonym per Chai 2009 and Chai 2005 ?--> }}
'''''Pirenella cingulata''''' is a species of medium-sized sea snails or mud snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Potamididae, the horn snails.<ref name="WoRMS">Bouchet, P. (2016). Pirenella cingulata (Gmelin, 1791). In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=870525 on 2016-03-28</ref>
==Distribution== * Indo-Pacific coast.<ref name="Glöer 2012"/> * Hormozgan Province in Iran.<ref name="Glöer 2012">Glöer P. & Pešić V. (2012). "The freshwater snails (Gastropoda) of Iran, with descriptions of two new genera and eight new species". ''ZooKeys'' '''219''': 11-61, {{doi|10.3897/zookeys.219.3406|doi-access=free}}.</ref>
==Description== [[File:Henatari-kawaai080623.jpg|left|thumb|Comparison of live individual of ''Pirenella cingulata'' on the left, with ''Pirenella incisa'' on the right.]] {{clear left}}
==Ecology== Parasites of ''Cerithideopsilla cingulata'' include: * Heterophyidae: ''Cerithideopsilla cingulata'' serves as the first intermediate host of ''Heterophyes nocens''.<ref name="Chai 2009">Chai J.-Y., Shin E.-H., Lee S.-H. & Rim H.-J. (2009). "Foodborne Intestinal Flukes in Southeast Asia". ''The Korean Journal of Parasitology'' '''47'''(Suppl): S69-S102. {{doi|10.3347/kjp.2009.47.S.S69}}.</ref> * Echinostomatidae: ''Cerithideopsilla cingulata'' serves as the first intermediate host of ''Acanthoparyphium tyosenense''.<ref name="Chai 2009"/>
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== {{Commons category}} * [http://www.sealifebase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?ID=86861 SeaLifeBase: ''Pirenella cingulata'' info]
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Pirenella cingulata}} Category:Potamididae Category:Marine molluscs of Asia Category:Mangrove fauna Category:Fauna of Southeast Asia Category:Fauna of Indonesia Category:Molluscs of Malaysia Category:Gastropods described in 1791 Category:Taxa named by Johann Friedrich Gmelin
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