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Sinosinuites
Taxonomy
Sinosinuites was named by Yü (1961). Its type is Sinosinuites cordateformis.
It was assigned to Sinuitidae by Yü (1961).
It was assigned to Sinuitidae by Yü (1961).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1961 | Sinosinuites Yü p. 365 |
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G. †Sinosinuites Yü 1961
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
|---|---|---|
| W. Yü 1961 | Shell involute, subglobose, with the last whorl very greatly expanded. Umbilicus very small or closed. Volutions more or less broadly rounded on the dorsal side. Aperture abruptly expanded, cordate like, with a deep U-shaped sinus in outer lip, without slit and selenizone.
Ornamentation. Surface with lines of growth and delicate transverse plicae. |