Sipho
| Sipho | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Buccinoidea |
| Family: | Buccinidae |
| Genus: | Sipho |
Sipho is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Buccinidae, the true whelks.[1]
The name of the genus Sipho Mörch, 1852 [ex Klein] has become invalid and is a synonym of Colus Röding, 1798. A previous use of the genus name Sipho T. Brown, 1827 is now a synonym of Puncturella [2]
Species
All the species that used to belong to the genus Sipho have become synonyms of other species in the family Buccinidae.
- Sipho astrolabiensis Strebel, 1908:[3] synonym of Prosipho astrolabiensis (Strebel, 1908)
References
- ↑ Sipho . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 28 February 2011.
- ↑ WoRMS : Sipho; accessed : 7 November 2010
- ↑ Sipho astrolabiensis Strebel, 1908. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 17 April 2010.
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