| Sinum perspectivum | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Family: | Naticidae |
| Genus: | Sinum |
| Species: | S. perspectivum |
| Binomial name | |
| Sinum perspectivum (Say, 1831) | |
Sinum perspectivum, common name the white baby ear, is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Naticidae, the moon snails. [1]
Sinum perspectivum is found on the eastern coast of America from Maryland south to Brazil, and also round Bermuda.
The maximum recorded shell length is 51 mm. [2] It has a shallowly coiled shell with a wide opening and graceful curved outline. It is white both outside and inside. Like the other members of its family, it is carnivorous. [3]
Minimum recorded depth is 0 m. [2] Maximum recorded depth is 70 m. [2]
Naticidae, common name moon snails or necklace shells, is a family of medium to large-sized predatory sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the clade Littorinimorpha. The shells of the species in this family are mostly globular in shape.
Japonactaeon punctostriatus, common names Adam's baby bubble and pitted baby-bubble, is a species of minute sea snail or "bubble snail", a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Acteonidae, the "barrel bubble" snails.
Falsilunatia benthicola is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Naticidae, the moon snails.
Falsilunatia carcellesi is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Naticidae, the moon snails.
Sinum planulatum, the flattened ear snail, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Naticidae, also known as the moon snails.
Polinices immaculatus, common name the immaculate moonsnail, is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Naticidae, the moon snails.
Euspira levicula is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Naticidae, the moon snails.
Amauropsis islandica, common name the Iceland moonsnail, is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Naticidae, the moon snails.
Cryptonatica affinis, common name the Arctic moonsnail, is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Naticidae, the moon snails.
Euspira triseriata, common name the spotted moonsnail, is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Naticidae, the moon snails.
Natica livida is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Naticidae, the moon snails.
Euspira pallida is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Naticidae, the moon snails.
Neverita delessertiana is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Naticidae, the moon snails.
Neverita duplicata, common name the shark eye, is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Naticidae, the moon snails.
Polinices uberinus, common name the "white moon snail" or "dwarf white moon snail", is a species of small predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Naticidae, the moon snails.
Sinum concavum, common name the concave ear moon snail, is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Naticidae, the moon snails.
Sinum maculatum is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Naticidae, the moon snails.
Sinum minus is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Naticidae, the moon snails.
Tectonatica pusilla is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Naticidae, the moon snails.
Sinum is a genus of predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Sininae of the family Naticidae, the moon snails.