Sinum

Sinum
Five views of a shell of Sinum cymba
A shell of Sinum cymba
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Naticoidea
Family: Naticidae
Genus: Sinum
Röding, 1798
Type species
Helix haliotoidea Linnaeus, 1758
Synonyms
  • Catinus Oken, 1835
  • Cryptostoma Blainville, 1818
  • Cryptostoma as used by Gray, 1834 (incorrect subsequent spelling)
  • Cryptostomus Blainville, 1818
  • Ectosinum Iredale, 1931
  • Sigaretus Lamarck, 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 family Naticidae, the moon snails.[1] 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
A shell of Sinum haliotoideum

The Indo-Pacific Molluscan database also mentions the following species with names in current use [10]

Species brought into synonymy 

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. Gastropods.com
  5. A. Myra Keen, Sea Shells of Tropical West America, Stanford University Press, Second Edition, 1971, ISBN 0-8047-0736-7
  6. Sinum maculatum (Say, 1831).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 16 June 2010.
  7. Sinum minus (Dall, 1889).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 16 June 2010.
  8. Sinum perspectivum (Say, 1831).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 16 June 2010.
  9. Sinum vittatum Zhang, 2008.  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 16 June 2010.
  10. OBIS : Sinum
  11. Sinum papilla .  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 16 June 2010.
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