Sinustrombus sinuatus

Sinustrombus sinuatus
Five views of a shell of Sinustrombus sinuatus
Two views of a laciniate conch shell
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Stromboidea
Family: Strombidae
Genus: Sinustrombus
Species: S. sinuatus
Binomial name
Sinustrombus sinuatus
(Humphrey, 1786)
Synonyms[1]
  • Lambis lobata Röding, 1798 (: 65)
  • Pterocera palmata Fischer von Waldheim, 1807
  • Strombus cristatus Lamarck, 1822
  • Strombus laciniatus Dillwyn, 1817
  • Strombus sinuatus Humphrey, 1786 (basionym)

Sinustrombus sinuatus, common name the lacinate conch, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Strombidae, the true conchs.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 Sinustrombus sinuatus ([Lightfoot], 1786) . WoRMS (2010). Sinustrombus sinuatus ([Lightfoot], 1786) . Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.eu/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=456764 on 28 March 2011.


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