Sinum bifasciatum

Sinum bifasciatum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Naticoidea
Family: Naticidae
Genus: Sinum
Species: S. bifasciatum
Binomial name
Sinum bifasciatum
(Récluz, 1851)
Synonyms[1]

Sigaretus bifasciatus Récluz, 1851 (basionym)

Sinum bifasciatum is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Naticidae, the moon snails.[1]

Description

The size of an adult shell varies between 18 mm and 40 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Mediterranean Sea, in the Atlantic Ocean along the Canary Islands, Cape Verdes, Morocco, West Africa and Angola,

References

  1. 1 2 Sinum bifasciatum (Récluz, 1851). Gofas, S. (2009). Sinum bifasciatum (Récluz, 1851). In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through the World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=140552 on 14 April 2011.

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