Sinum cymba

Sinum cymba, common name the concave ear moon snail, is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Naticidae, the moon snails.[1]

Sinum cymba
Five views of a shell of Sinum cymba
Apertural view of a shell of Sinum cymba
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:
Naticoidea
Family:
Naticidae
Subfamily:
Sininae
Genus:
Sinum
Species:
S. cymba
Binomial name
Sinum cymba
(Menke, 1828)
Synonyms[1]

Natica cymba Menke, 1828
Sigaretus maximus Philippi, 1844

Description

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References
  1. Sinum cymba (Menke, 1828). WoRMS (2009). Sinum concavum (Lamarck, 1822). Accessed through the World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=575242 on 26 November 2012 .
  • "Sinum concavum". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 4 May 2011.


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