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Sinum
Five views of a shell of Sinum cymba
A shell of Sinum cymba
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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
  • 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 minor [sic]: synonym of Sinum minus (Dall, 1889)
  • Sinum papilla ':[11] synonym of Eunaticina papilla (Gmelin, 1791)
  • Sinum pazianum Dall, 1919: synonym of Sinum debile (Gould, 1853)
  • Sinum planatum: synonym of Sinum planulatum (Récluz, 1843)
  • 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. ^ "Sinum cymba". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 12 January 2019.
  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.
  • Röding, P.F. 1798. Museum Boltenianum sive Catalogus cimeliorum e tribus regnis naturae quae olim collegerat Joa. Hamburg : Trappii 199 pp.
  • Lamarck, J.B.P.A. de Monet de 1799. Prodrome d'une nouvelle classification de coquilles, comprenent une réaction appropiée de charactères génériques, et l'établissement d'un grand nombre de genres nouveaux. Mémoires de la Société d'Histoire Naturelle de Paris 1: 63-91
  • Blainville, 1818. Sur un nouveau genre de mollusques, Cryptostome, Cryprostomus. Nouveau Bulletin des Sciences, par la Société Philomatique de Paris 1818: 120-122
  • Iredale, T. 1931. Australian molluscan notes. No. 1. Records of the Australian Museum 18(4): 201-235, pls xxii-xxv
  • 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.