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Sinum

Sinum
Five views of a shell of Sinum cymba
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: 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 subfamily Sininae of 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.

  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 .

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