Cingula trifasciata (J. Adams, 1800)
Iceland & Norway to Azores, into Mediterranean. Absent from continental shores of North Sea (WoRMS). Lives on intertidal rocks (one of its synonyms is rupestris), often in mussel beds.

At low tide in grit, on rocky bottom, La Cañonera, north of Punta del Carnero, Algeciras, Andalucia, S. Spain. 2,5-3mm.
Original taxon: Turbo trifasciatus.
On sand, after storm, A Coruña, Galicia, NW. Spain. 3,5mm.
Live specimens on rock at low tide, Porh Yoc’h, Le Palais, Belle-Île, Morbihan, S. Brittany. Original picture provided by Jymm for Wikimedia Commons – (CC BY-SA).
The synonymy describes the shell: cingillus, graphicus, vittatus. On sand at low tide, in grit, Saint-Jacut de la mer, N.Brittany, NW. France. 2,25-3,25mm.
The animal in Forbes & Hanley: A history of British Mollusca and their shells vol. I, London 1853, plate JJ.
Intertidal, Punta del Carnero. 2,8mm.
Le Scole, south of the harbour, Isola del Giglio, Toscana, W. Italy. 3mm.
At low tide, La Ville Neuve, north of Saint-Suliac, eastern shore of the Bassin de la Rance, NE. Brittany, NW. France. Original picture provided by P. Corbrion for iNaturalist.
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