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Sinum

Sinum
Five views of a shell of Sinum cymba
Scientific 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.

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[11]

Species brought into synonymy
  • Sinum acuminatus (Adams & Reeve, 1850): synonym of Conuber conicum (Lamarck, 1822)
  • Sinum californicum I. Oldroyd, 1917: synonym of Sinum scopulosum (Conrad, 1849)
  • Sinum cuvierianum (Récluz, 1844): synonym of Vanikoro cuvieriana (Récluz, 1844)
  • Sinum fuscum Röding, 1798: synonym of Sinum haliotoideum (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Sinum insculptus Adams & Reeve, 1850: synonym of Sinum javanicum (Gray, 1834)
  • Sinum latifasciatus Adams & Reeve, 1850: synonym of Sinum neritoideum (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Sinum minor [sic]: synonym of Sinum minus (Dall, 1889)
  • Sinum nanhaiensis S.-P. Zhang, 2009: synonym of Sinum nanhaiense S.-P. Zhang, 2009 (wrong gender agreement of specific epithet)
  • Sinum papilla (Gmelin, 1791):[12] synonym of Eunaticina papilla (Gmelin, 1791)
  • Sinum parvus (E. A. Smith, 1895): synonym of Sinum neritoideum (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Sinum petitianus Récluz, 1843: synonym of Sigaretus petitianus Récluz in Chenu, 1843 (taxon inquirendum)
  • Sinum pazianum Dall, 1919: synonym of Sinum debile (Gould, 1853)
  • Sinum planatum: synonym of Sinum planulatum (Récluz, 1843)
  • Sinum sinuatus Récluz, 1851: synonym of Sigaretus sinuatus Récluz, 1851 (taxon inquirendum)
  • Sinum tener (Smith, 1894): synonym of Eunaticina papilla (Gmelin, 1791)
  • Sinum weberi (Bartsch, 1918): synonym of Sinum incisum (Reeve, 1864)

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.
  • Blainville, 1818. Sur un nouveau genre de mollusques, Cryptostome, Cryprostomus. Nouveau Bulletin des Sciences, par la Société Philomatique de Paris 1818: 120-122
  • MacNae, W. & M. Kalk (eds) (1958). A natural history of Inhaca Island, Mozambique. Witwatersrand Univ. Press, Johannesburg. I-iv, 163 pp.
  • Iredale, T. & McMichael, D.F. 1962. A reference list of the marine Mollusca of New South Wales. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 11: 1-109
  • Wilson, B. 1993. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, Western Australia : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 1 408 pp.
  • Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180–213
  • Rolán E., 2005. Malacological Fauna From The Cape Verde Archipelago. Part 1, Polyplacophora and Gastropoda.
  • Torigoe K. & Inaba A. (2011). Revision on the classification of Recent Naticidae. Bulletin of the Nishinomiya Shell Museum. 7: 133 + 15 pp., 4 pls.

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