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Sinum mississippiense

Gastropoda - Naticidae

Taxonomy

Sinum mississippiense was named by Conrad (1848) [not the original genus].

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

S. aquense, S. arctatum, S. bilex, S. chipolanum, S. clathratus, S. clathrum, S. cumba, S. cybum, S. cymbum, S. declivis, S. delessertii, S. deshayesi, S. dodoneum, S. dusenberryi, S. faviae, S. fiski, S. fornicatum, S. fragile, S. gatunense, S. inconstans, S. infirmum, S. maculata, S. mississippiensis, S. moveum, S. multilineatum, S. multilineatum, S. nigeriense, S. nigeriensis, S. obliqum, S. obliquuum, S. occidentalis, S. patulum, S. peculiaris, S. polandi, S. protoneritodeum, S. protoneritoides, S. protoneritoideum, S. pullus, S. sigaretoides, S. striatum, S. sublobosus, S. taylori, S. undulatum, S. undulatus, S. verbeeki, S. waltonense, S. lamarkianus, S. aratulum, S. mississippiensis, S. aquense, S. clathrata, S. eximius, S. haliotoideum, S. incisus, S. nanggulanense, S. nanggulanensis, S. striatum

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1848	Sinum mississippiense Conrad
1940	Sinum mississippiense Mansfield p. 223

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca
class	Gastropoda

Rank	Name	Author
subclass	Caenogastropoda	(Cox 1959)
—	Sorbeoconcha	(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
—	Hypsogastropoda	(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superfamily	Naticoidea	(Forbes 1838)
family	Naticidae	Guilding 1834
subfamily	Sininae	Woodring 1928
genus	Sinum	Röding 1798
species	mississippiense	Conrad 1848

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 mississippiense Conrad 1848

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Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

No measurements are available

Composition:

aragonitef

Locomotion:

actively mobileg

Life habit:

semi-infaunalg

Diet:

carnivoreg

Vision:

limitedc

Created:

2018-03-04 15:44:21

Modified:

2018-03-04 20:13:52

Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class

References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Oligocene to the top of the Chattian or 33.90000 to 23.04000 Ma

Collections (9 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Oligocene	33.9 - 27.3	Mexico (Nuevo Leon)	Sinum mississippiense (43065 43066 43067 43077 43083)
Rupelian	33.9 - 27.3	Mexico (Nuevo Leon)	Sinum mississippiense (43068)
Rupelian	33.9 - 27.3	USA (Mississippi)	Sinum mississippiense (169205)
Rupelian	33.9 - 27.3	USA (Alabama)	Sinum mississippiense (205613)
Chattian	27.3 - 23.04	USA (Mississippi)	Sinum mississippiense (205805)