Sinum

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Sinum
Sinum cymba 01.JPG
Five views of a shell of Sinum cymba
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Naticoidea
Family: Naticidae
Genus: Sinum
Röding, 1798
Type species
Helix haliotoideaLinnaeus, 1758
Synonyms
  • CatinusOken, 1835
  • CryptostomaBlainville, 1818
  • Cryptostomaas used by Gray, 1834 (incorrect subsequent spelling)
  • CryptostomusBlainville, 1818
  • EctosinumIredale, 1931
  • SigaretusLamarck, 1799
  • Sinum (Ectosinum)Iredale, 1931 · accepted, alternate representation
  • Sinum (Sinum)Röding, 1798 · accepted, alternate representation

Sinum is a genus of predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Sininae of the family Naticidae, the moon snails. [1]

Contents

Most naticids have shells that are globular, but the shell of species in the genus Sinum is flattened to some extent, some being so flattened that they are ear-shaped.

Distribution

This marine species is cosmopolitan.

Species

Species within the genus Sinum include:

Shells of Sinum grayi Sinum grayi 001.jpg
Shells of Sinum grayi
A shell of Sinum haliotoideum Sinum haliotoideum 001.jpg
A shell of Sinum haliotoideum

The Indo-Pacific Molluscan database also mentions the following species with names in current use [11]

Species brought into synonymy

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References

  1. ↑ Sinum Röding, 1798 . WoRMS (2010). Sinum Röding, 1798. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.eu/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138244 on 16 June 2010 .
  2. ↑ Sinum bifasciatum (Récluz, 1851) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 16 June 2010.
  3. ↑ Sinum concavum (Lamarck, 1822) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 16 June 2010.
  4. ↑ Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University
  5. ↑ "Sinum cymba". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 12 January 2019.
  6. ↑ A. Myra Keen, Sea Shells of Tropical West America, Stanford University Press, Second Edition, 1971, ISBN   0-8047-0736-7
  7. ↑ Sinum maculatum (Say, 1831) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 16 June 2010.
  8. ↑ Sinum minus (Dall, 1889) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 16 June 2010.
  9. ↑ Sinum perspectivum (Say, 1831) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 16 June 2010.
  10. ↑ Sinum vittatum Zhang, 2008 . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 16 June 2010.
  11. ↑ OBIS : Sinum
  12. ↑ Sinum papilla . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 16 June 2010.
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