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

Distribution

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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