About Pirenella cingulata (Gmelin, 1791)
Pirenella cingulata is a species of medium-sized sea snails, also known as mud snails. It is a marine gastropod mollusc that belongs to the family Potamididae, commonly called the horn snails. This species is distributed along the Indo-Pacific coast, and is also found in Hormozgan Province, Iran. Pirenella cingulata (also referred to in the ecological notes as Cerithideopsilla cingulata) acts as the first intermediate host for several parasitic trematodes. Within the family Heterophyidae, it serves as the first intermediate host for Heterophyes nocens. Within the family Echinostomatidae, it serves as the first intermediate host for Acanthoparyphium tyosenense.
