Sinum
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Sinum is a genus
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...

 of predatory sea snail
Sea snail
Sea snail is a common name for those snails that normally live in saltwater, marine gastropod molluscs....

s, marine
Marine (ocean)
Marine is an umbrella term. As an adjective it is usually applicable to things relating to the sea or ocean, such as marine biology, marine ecology and marine geology...

 gastropod mollusks in the family
Family (biology)
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 Naticidae
Naticidae
Naticidae, common name the moon snails, is a family of minute to large-sized predatory sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the clade Littorinimorpha.Naticidae is the only family in the superfamily Naticoidea....

, the moon snails.

Species

Species within the genus Sinum include:

  • Sinum bifasciatum (Récluz, 1851)
  • Sinum concavum
    Sinum concavum
    Sinum concavum, 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.-Description:The size of an adult shell varies between 19 mm and 50 mm....

    (Lamarck, 1822)
  • Sinum cymba (Menke, K.T., 1828)
  • Sinum debile (Gould, 1853)
  • Sinum delesserti (Récluz in Chenu, 1843)
  • Sinum diauges Kilburn, 1974
  • Sinum eximium (Reeve, 1864)
  • Sinum grayi G. P. Deshayes, 1843
  • Sinum haliotoideum (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Sinum incisum (Reeve, 1864)
  • Sinum japonicum (Lischke, 1872)
  • Sinum javanicum (Gray, 1834)
  • Sinum keratium Dall, 1919
  • Sinum javanicum Gray in Griffith & Pidgeon, 1834
  • Sinum laevigatum (Lamarck, 1822)
  • Sinum maculatum
    Sinum maculatum
    Sinum maculatum is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Naticidae, the moon snails....

    (Say, 1831)
  • Sinum minus
    Sinum minus
    Sinum minus is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Naticidae, the moon snails.-References:* Rosenberg, G., F. Moretzsohn, and E. F. García. 2009. Gastropoda of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 579–699 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp , Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and...

    (Dall, 1889)
  • Sinum neritoideum (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Sinum noyesii Dall, 1903
  • Sinum perspectivum
    Sinum perspectivum
    Sinum perspectivum, common name the white baby ear, is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Naticidae, the moon snails.-Distribution:...

    (Say, 1831)
  • Sinum planatum (Récluz, 1843)
  • Sinum quasimodoides Kilburn, 1976
  • Sinum sanctijohannis (Pilshry & Lowe, 1932)
  • Sinum scopulosum (Conrad, 1849)
  • Sinum vittatum
    Sinum vittatum
    Sinum vittatum is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Naticidae, the moon snails....

    Zhang, 2008
  • Sinum zonale (Quoy & Gaimard, 1832)


The Indo-Pacific Molluscan database also mentions the following species with names in current use
  • Sinum acuminatus (Adams & Reeeve, 1850)
  • Sinum cuvierianus Récluz, 1844
  • Sinum insculptus Adams & Reeve, 1850
  • Sinum latifasciatus Adams & Reeve, 1850
  • Sinum parvus (E. A. Smith, 1895)
  • Sinum petitianus Récluz, 1843
  • Sinum sinuatus Récluz, 1851
  • Sinum tener (Smith, 1894)
  • Sinum unifasciatus Récluz, 1843
  • Sinum zonale (Quoy & Gaimard, 1832)

Species brought into synonymy :
  • Sinum papilla ' : synonym of Eunaticina papilla
    Eunaticina papilla
    Eunaticina papilla, common name : the papilla moon snail, is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Naticidae, the moon snails.-Description:The size of an adult shell varies between 8 mm and 35 mm....

    (Gmelin, 1791)
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