APHOTOMARINE

An educational resource dedicated mainly to the photography
and diversity of marine life that can be found in coastal waters
and intertidal areas of Great Britain and Ireland by David Fenwick.

A-P-H-O-T-O Wildlife Stock Image Library
Cingula trifasciata (J. Adams, 1800) - Banded weedsnail (Marine snail images)
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Banded weedsnail
Cingula trifasciata
- live shell 1

Banded weedsnail
Cingula trifasciata
- live shell close-up 1

Banded weedsnail
Cingula trifasciata
- under rock / in pool 1

Banded weedsnail
Cingula trifasciata
- under rock / in pool 2

Banded weedsnail
Cingula trifasciata
- under rock / in pool 3

Banded weedsnail
Cingula trifasciata
- 4.2mm shell / close-up 1

Banded weedsnail
Cingula trifasciata
- shell cut out 1

This small species of marine snail can be found on the middle and lowershore; quite common, usually found under rocks and stones in pools left by the tide, and especially so if there is some red algae, its food plant, growing in the pool.

Images of species taken on the middleshore at Batten Beach, Moutbatten, Plymouth, Devon, 18.03.06; from under a rock at Little London, Marazion near Penzance, Cornwall, 13.11.10; also shells from sand mason tubes from Marazion, Cornwall, 10.03.12.

Scientific and European Names:
Cingula trifasciata, Banded weedsnail.

Cingula trifasciata Banded Weedsnail marine snail images
The main objective of this website is in furthering environmental awareness and education through the medium of photography. To increase awareness and access to the wildlife of the region and help
people find and identify it. Sometimes the difference between species is obvious but many species can only be determined by observing microscopic characteristics that are specific to any one species.