Sulcosinus

Sulcosinus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Buccinoidea
Family: Buccinidae
Genus: Sulcosinus
Dall, 1895
Type species
Buccinum taphrium Dall, 1891

Sulcosinus is a genus of large sea snails or true whelks, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Buccinidae, the true whelks.[1]

Species

According to the World Register of Marine Species the following species with valid names are included within the genus Sulcosinus :

  • Sulcosinus taphrium (Dall, 1891)

References

  1. Bouchet, P. (2015). Sulcosinus Dall, 1895. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=833965 on 2015-02-18
  • Dall, W. H. (1895). Scientific results of exploration by the U. S. Fish Commission steamer "Albatross" XXXIV. Report on Mollusca and Brachiopoda dredged in deep water, chiefly near the Hawaiian Islands, with illustrations of hitherto unfigured species from northwest America. iProceedings of the United States National Museu. 17: 675-733, pls 23-32.


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