Sinum protoneritoideus Vredenburg 1928 (moon snail)

Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae

Alternative combination: Sigaretus protoneritoideus

Full reference: E. Vredenburg. 1928. Description of Mollusca from the post-Eocene Tertiary formation of north-western India: Gastropoda (in part) and Lamellibranchiata. Memoirs of the Geological Survey of India 50(2):351-506

Belongs to Sinum according to P. N. Mukerjee 1939

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 pacificum, Sinum perrini, Sinum perspectivum, Sinum quirosanum, Sinum sanctijohannis, Sinum scopulosum, Sinum scopulosus, Sinum subglobosus, Ectosinum microstira, Sigaretus (Naticina), Sigaretus mexicanus, Sigaretus cinctus, Sigaretus mississippiensis, Sigaretus perrini, Sigaretus raynevalli, Sigaretus costatus, Sigaretus javanus, Sigaretus sanctijohannis

Ecology: semi-infaunal carnivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Sinum protoneritoideus in the database

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