Cinysca dunkeri
{{Short description|Species of gastropod}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2020}}
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| image = Cinysca dunkeri 001.jpg
| image_caption = Several shells of Cinysca dunkeri (museum specimens at Naturalis Biodiversity Center)
| taxon = Cinysca dunkeri
| authority = (Philippi, 1852)
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| synonyms =
- Cinysca granulosa (Dunker, 1848)
- Cynisca granulosa (Dunker, 1848)
- Delphinula dunkeri Philippi, 1853 (original combination)
- Delphinula granulosa Dunker, 1848 (invalid: junior homonym of Delphinula granulosa Grateloup, 1828; D. dunkeri is a replacement name)
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Cinysca dunkeri is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Areneidae.{{WRMS species|413483|Cinysca dunkeri (Philippi, 1852)}}
Description
Cinysca dunkeri (Lüderitz-eastern Wild Coast) has a thick, rounded shell; uniformly pale on the west coast, speckled on the south coast. Umbilicus large and obvious. About eight strong, equal-sized ridges spiral around each whorl and corrugate the outer lip. Operculum horny and flexible, but has spiral rows of minute calcareous beads. Related to turban shells (Plate 78) although specifically resembling wrinkles.{{Cite book|last=Branch|first=George|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1Q1bDwAAQBAJ&pg=SA76-PA11|title=Two Oceans: A guide to the marine life of southern Africa|year=2017|publisher=Penguin Random House South Africa|isbn=978-1-77584-278-1|language=en}}
Distribution
Cinysca dunkeri can be found off of South Africa and Namibia.{{Cite web|title=WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Cinysca dunkeri (Philippi, 1853)|url=http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=413483#distributions|website=www.marinespecies.org|language=en|access-date=2020-05-16}}
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Category:Gastropods described in 1852
Category:Taxa named by Rodolfo Amando Philippi
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