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Sinum excentricum

Gastropoda - Naticidae

Taxonomy
Sigaretus excentricus was named by Guppy (1876) [DISTRIBUTION: Middle Miocene-Early Pliocene; Dominican Republic, Jamaica.]. Its type specimen is BMNH 12853, a shell, and it is not a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Sinum excentricum by Woodring (1928) and Hendy et al. (2008).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1876Sigaretus excentricus Guppy p. 519 figs. pl. 29, fig. 11
1928Sinum excentricum Woodring p. 391
2008Sinum excentricum Hendy et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
RankNameAuthor
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
Sorbeoconcha(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
Hypsogastropoda(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superfamilyNaticoidea(Forbes 1838)
familyNaticidaeGuilding 1834
subfamilySininaeWoodring 1928
genusSinumRöding 1798
speciesexcentricum(Guppy 1876)

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Sinum excentricum Guppy 1876
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Diagnosis
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