Sinum pacificum Rivera 1957 (moon snail)

Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae

Full reference: R. Rivera. 1957. Moluscos fosiles de la Formacion Paracas, Dpto. de Ica. Sociedad Geologica del Peru Primer Congreso Nacional de Geologia Anales - Parte II 32:165-219

Belongs to Sinum according to R. Rivera 1957

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 naticoidalis, Sinum nolani, Sinum noyesii, Sinum obliquum, Sinum perrini, Sinum perspectivum, Sinum protoneritoideus, Sinum quirosanum, Sinum sanctijohannis, Sinum scopulosum, Sinum scopulosus, Sinum subglobosus, Sigaretus javanus, Sigaretus raynevalli, Sigaretus (Naticina), Sigaretus mississippiensis, Sigaretus mexicanus, Sigaretus perrini, Sigaretus costatus, Sigaretus cinctus, Sigaretus sanctijohannis, Ectosinum microstira

Type specimen: Its type locality is Bahia Lechuza, which is in an Eocene marine sandstone in the Paracas Formation of Peru

Ecology: semi-infaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at Bahia Lechuza

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