Sinum is a genus of predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Sininae of the family Naticidae, the moon snails.[1]

Sinum
Five views of a shell of Sinum cymba
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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

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

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This marine species is cosmopolitan.

Species

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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

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  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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