Sinum naticoidalis Vokes 1938 (moon snail)

Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae

Full reference: H. E. Vokes. 1938. Upper Miocene Mollusca from Springvale, Trinidad, British West Indies. American Museum Novitates 988:1-28

Belongs to Sinum according to B. Landau and C. Marques da Silva 2010

See also Vokes 1938

Sister taxa: Sinum (Sinum), Sinum africanum, Sinum akinkugbei, Sinum aquensis, Sinum beatricae, Sinum bilix, Sinum carolanum, Sinum chesapeakensis, Sinum chipolanum, Sinum clathratum, Sinum concavum, Sinum cymba, Sinum danvillense, Sinum debile, Sinum debilis, Sinum declive, Sinum euryhedra, Sinum excentricum, Sinum eximium, Sinum fragilis, Sinum gabbi, Sinum gabrielensis, Sinum gatunense, Sinum grayi, Sinum haliotoidea, Sinum imperforatum, Sinum ineptum, Sinum jacksonense, Sinum javanus, Sinum lacondamini, Sinum maculatum, Sinum mississippiense, Sinum nolani, Sinum noyesii, Sinum obliquum, Sinum pacificum, Sinum perrini, Sinum perspectivum, Sinum protoneritoideus, Sinum quirosanum, Sinum sanctijohannis, Sinum scopulosum, Sinum scopulosus, Sinum subglobosus, Sigaretus sanctijohannis, Sigaretus (Naticina), Sigaretus raynevalli, Sigaretus costatus, Sigaretus javanus, Sigaretus mississippiensis, Sigaretus perrini, Sigaretus mexicanus, Sigaretus cinctus, Ectosinum microstira

Type specimen: Amer. Mus. No. 25002, a shell. Its type locality is Springvale (AMNH collection), which is in a Miocene coastal sandstone in Trinidad and Tobago.

Ecology: semi-infaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at Springvale (AMNH collection)

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