| Description | Sinum maculatum is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Naticidae, the moon snails.
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| Rank | species |
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| Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Littorinimorpha : Naticidae : Sinum : Sinum maculatum |
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| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Naticidae : Sinum : Sinum maculatum |
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| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted |
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Classification
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| Generic Name | Sinum |
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| Scientific Name | Sinum maculatum (Say, 1831) |
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| Opinions (PBDB) | | Name | Rank | Opinion | Evidence | Author |
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| Sinum maculatum | species | belongs to Sigaretus | stated with evidence | Say, 1831 | | Sinum maculatum | species | belongs to Sinum | stated with evidence | Landau and Marques da Silva, 2010 |
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| Status (PBDB) | extant |
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| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 1 |
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| Extant Size (PBDB) | 1 (100%) |
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| Motility | actively mobile (based on Sinum) |
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| Vision | limited (based on Gastropoda) |
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| Diet | carnivore (based on Sinum) |
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| Taphonomy | aragonite (based on Naticidae) |
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| Primary Reference (PBDB) | B. Landau and C. Marques da Silva. 2010. Early Pliocene gastropods of Cubagua, Venezuela: Taxonomy, palaeobiogeography and ecostratigraphy. Palaeontos 19:1-221 |
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| Common Name(s) | Brown Baby Ear |
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| Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinum_maculatum |
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| Landau B., Marques da Silva C. (2010) Early Pliocene gastropods of Cubagua, Venezuela: Taxonomy, palaeobiogeography and ecostratigraphy, Palaeontos 19, 1-221 |
| Torigoe K. & Inaba A. (2011). Revision on the classification of Recent Naticidae. Bulletin of the Nishinomiya Shell Museum. 7: 133 + 15 pp., 4 pls. - via World Register of Marine Species |
| Turgeon, D. D., J. F. Quinn, Jr., A. E. Bogan, E. V. Coan, F. G. Hochberg, W. G. Lyons, et al., 1998: Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates from the United States and Canada: Mollusks, 2nd ed.. American Fisheries Society Special Publication 26. 526. - via Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) |
| Turgeon, D. D., A. E. Bogan, E. V. Coan, W. K. Emerson, W. G. Lyons, W. Pratt, et al., 1988: Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates from the United States and Canada: mollusks. American Fisheries Society Special Publication 16. vii + 277. - via Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) |
| Torigoe K. & Inaba A. (2011) Revision on the classification of Recent Naticidae: Bulletin of the Nishinomiya Shell Museum. 7: 133 + 15 pp., 4 pls - via Catalogue of Life |
| Rosenberg, G.; Moretzsohn, F.; GarcÃa, E. F. (2009). Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 579–699 in: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. - via World Register of Marine Species |
| Torigoe K. & Inaba A. (2011). Revision on the classification of Recent Naticidae. Bulletin of the Nishinomiya Shell Museum. 7: 133 + 15 pp., 4 pls. - via World Register of Marine Species |
Sinum maculatum
