Sinutropis

Sinutropis
Temporal range: Upper Silurian
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: ?Gastropoda
Superfamily: Euomphaloidea
Family: Euomphalidae
Genus: Sinutropis
Perner, 1903[1]
Type species
Sinutropis esthetica Perner, 1903

Sinutropis is a genus of fossil sea snails, extinct euomphalid archaeogastropods from the Upper Silurian.

Description

The shell has rounded whorls and a deep rounded sinus on the upper lip of the aperture in place of the typical exhalent angulation of most related genera. Otherwise the shell is not obviously ornamented.

Species

According to the Paleobiology Database, the following species are included in this genus:

References

  1. Perner J. (1903). Gastéropodes, Tome 1: Patellidae et Bellerophontidae 1-164.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Paleobiology Database: Sinutropis

Further reading


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