Sinustrombus
| Sinustrombus | |
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| Five views of a shell of Sinustrombus latissimus | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Littorinimorpha |
| Superfamily: | Stromboidea |
| Family: | Strombidae |
| Genus: | Sinustrombus Bandel, 2007 |
| Type species | |
| Strombus taurus Reeve, 1857 | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Sinustrombus is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Strombidae, the true conchs.[1]
Species
Species within the genus Sinustrombus include:
- Sinustrombus latissimus (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Sinustrombus sinuatus ([Lightfoot], 1786)
- Sinustrombus taurus (Reeve, 1857)
References
- 1 2 Sinustrombus Bandel, 2007 . WoRMS (2009). Sinustrombus. Accessed through the World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=531843 on 28 March 2011.
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