Sinustrombus
Appearance
Sinustrombus | |
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Five views of a shell of Sinustrombus latissimus | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Littorinimorpha |
Superfamily: | Stromboidea |
Family: | Strombidae |
Genus: | Sinustrombus Bandel, 2007 |
Type species | |
Strombus taurus Reeve, 1857
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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
[edit]Species within the genus Sinustrombus include:
- S. latissimus (Linnaeus, 1758)
- S. sinuatus (Lightfoot, 1786)
- S. taurus (Reeve, 1857)
References
[edit]- ^ a b 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 .