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Sinum danvillense

Gastropoda - Naticidae

Taxonomy

Sinum danvillense was named by Harris and Palmer (1947). Its type specimen is PRI 4521, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Danville Landing, which is in a Priabonian marginal marine marl in the Moodys Branch Formation of Louisiana.

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
1947	Sinum danvillense Harris and Palmer p. 253 figs. Plate 30, Figs. 6,7

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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	danvillense

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 danvillense Harris and Palmer 1947

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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: Kiessling 2004, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Priabonian to the top of the Rupelian or 37.71000 to 27.30000 Ma

Collections (5 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Priabonian	37.71 - 33.9	USA (Louisiana)	Sinum danvillense (98687 98689 type locality: 232637)
Rupelian	33.9 - 27.3	USA (Mississippi)	Sinum danvillense (5612 5779)