Sinum Röding 1798

Sinum is a genus of predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Sininae of the family Naticidae, the moon snails.^[1]

Most naticids have shells that are globular, but the shell of species in the genus Sinum is flattened to some extent, some being so flattened that they are ear-shaped.

Distribution

This marine species is cosmopolitan.

Species

Species within the genus Sinum include:

Shells of Sinum grayi

A shell of Sinum haliotoideum

• Sinum bifasciatum (Récluz, 1851)^[2]
• Sinum concavum (Lamarck, 1822)^[3]
• Sinum cortezi Burch & Burch, 1964^[4]
• Sinum cymba (Menke, K.T., 1828)^[5]
• Sinum debile (Gould, 1853)
• Sinum delesserti (Récluz in Chenu, 1843)
• Sinum diauges Kilburn, 1974
• Sinum eximium (Reeve, 1864)
• † Sinum faviai Lozouet, 2001
• Sinum grayi G. P. Deshayes, 1843^[6]
• Sinum haliotoideum (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Sinum incisum (Reeve, 1864)
• † Sinum infirmum Marwick, 1924
• Sinum japonicum (Lischke, 1872)
• Sinum javanicum (Gray, 1834)
• Sinum keratium Dall, 1919
• Sinum laevigatum (Lamarck, 1822)
• Sinum maculatum (Say, 1831)^[7]
• † Sinum marwicki Laws, 1930
• Sinum minus (Dall, 1889)^[8]
• Sinum nanhaiense S.-P. Zhang, 2009
• Sinum neritoideum (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Sinum noyesii Dall, 1903
• Sinum perspectivum (Say, 1831)^[9]
• Sinum planulatum (Récluz, 1843)
• Sinum quasimodoides Kilburn, 1976
• Sinum sanctijohannis (Pilshry & Lowe, 1932)
• Sinum scopulosum (Conrad, 1849)
• Sinum vittatum Zhang, 2008^[10]
• Sinum zonale (Quoy & Gaimard, 1832)

The Indo-Pacific Molluscan database also mentions the following species with names in current use^[11]

• Sinum unifasciatus Récluz, 1843

Species brought into synonymy

• Sinum acuminatus (Adams & Reeeve, 1850): synonym of Conuber conicum (Lamarck, 1822)
• Sinum californicum I. Oldroyd, 1917: synonym of Sinum scopulosum (Conrad, 1849)
• Sinum cuvierianum (Récluz, 1844): synonym of Vanikoro cuvieriana (Récluz, 1844)
• Sinum fuscum Röding, 1798: synonym of Sinum haliotoideum (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Sinum insculptus Adams & Reeve, 1850: synonym of Sinum javanicum (Gray, 1834)
• Sinum latifasciatus Adams & Reeve, 1850: synonym of Sinum neritoideum (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Sinum minor [sic]: synonym of Sinum minus (Dall, 1889)
• Sinum nanhaiensis S.-P. Zhang, 2009: synonym of Sinum nanhaiense S.-P. Zhang, 2009 (wrong gender agreement of specific epithet)
• Sinum papilla (Gmelin, 1791):^[12] synonym of Eunaticina papilla (Gmelin, 1791)
• Sinum parvus (E. A. Smith, 1895): synonym of Sinum neritoideum (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Sinum petitianus Récluz, 1843: synonym of Sigaretus petitianus Récluz in Chenu, 1843 (taxon inquirendum)
• Sinum pazianum Dall, 1919: synonym of Sinum debile (Gould, 1853)
• Sinum planatum: synonym of Sinum planulatum (Récluz, 1843)
• Sinum sinuatus Récluz, 1851: synonym of Sigaretus sinuatus Récluz, 1851 (taxon inquirendum)
• Sinum tener (Smith, 1894): synonym of Eunaticina papilla (Gmelin, 1791)
• Sinum weberi (Bartsch, 1918): synonym of Sinum incisum (Reeve, 1864)

References

• Blainville, 1818. Sur un nouveau genre de mollusques, Cryptostome, Cryprostomus. Nouveau Bulletin des Sciences, par la Société Philomatique de Paris 1818: 120-122
• MacNae, W. & M. Kalk (eds) (1958). A natural history of Inhaca Island, Mozambique. Witwatersrand Univ. Press, Johannesburg. I-iv, 163 pp.
• Iredale, T. & McMichael, D.F. 1962. A reference list of the marine Mollusca of New South Wales. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 11: 1-109
• Wilson, B. 1993. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, Western Australia : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 1 408 pp.
• Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180–213
• Rolán E., 2005. Malacological Fauna From The Cape Verde Archipelago. Part 1, Polyplacophora and Gastropoda.
• Torigoe K. & Inaba A. (2011). Revision on the classification of Recent Naticidae. Bulletin of the Nishinomiya Shell Museum. 7: 133 + 15 pp., 4 pls.