Pyramidellidae – Turbonillinae: Cingulina spina (Crosse & Fischer, 1864) (‘thorn pyramid-shell’)
Synonym(s): spina Crosse & Fischer, 1864 tristriata Tenison-Woods, 1877.
Typical shell-length 13 mm. Lives subtidally and offshore as an ectoparasite of other invertebrates. Native. Occurs in southeastern and southwestern Australia (TAS, VIC, SA and WA); also elsewhere in the Indo-Pacific.
Classification
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Lower Heterobranchia
Superfamily: Pyramidelloidea
Family: Pyramidellidae
Subfamily: Turbonillinae
Genus: Cingulina
Localities for Cingulina spina
Cingulina spina Blackman Bay: near mouth of Blackman Rivulet
Cingulina spina Cape Portland
Cingulina spina Cape Portland (unlocalised)
Cingulina spina Electrona: Peggys Beach
Cingulina spina Flinders Island: Fotheringate Beach: southern end
Cingulina spina Flinders Island: Lady Barron: Fisher Island
Cingulina spina Flinders Island: Leeka: foreshore towards Twelve Hour Point
Cingulina spina Flinders Island: Lillies Bay
Cingulina spina Flinders Island: Northeast River: mouth
Cingulina spina Flinders Island: The Dock
Cingulina spina Frederick Henry Bay (unlocalised)
Cingulina spina Greens Beach: main beach
Cingulina spina Hawley Beach
Cingulina spina Lauderdale: Roches Beach
Cingulina spina Leith: Lillico Beach
Cingulina spina Lime Bay: Green Head
Cingulina spina Maria Island: Oyster Bay
Cingulina spina Midway Point (unlocalised)
Cingulina spina North West coast of Tasmania (unlocalised)
Cingulina spina Nubeena: White Beach
Cingulina spina Orford: Spring Beach
Cingulina spina Port Latta: Cowrie Point
Cingulina spina Port Sorell: beach
Cingulina spina Snug Beach
Cingulina spina Waterhouse Point
