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Sinum fragilis

Gastropoda - Naticidae

Taxonomy
Natica fragilis was named by Conrad (1830) [DISTRIBUTION: Middle Miocene-Early Pliocene; Virginia-North Carolina.]. Its type specimen is ANSP 1551, a shell, and it is not a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Sigaretus fragilis by Conrad (1842) and Martin (1904); it was recombined as Sigaretus (Naticina) fragilis by Conrad (1863); it was recombined as Sinum fragilis by Gardner (1943) and Hendy et al. (2008).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1830Natica fragilis Conrad p. 222 figs. pl. 9, fig. 3
1842Sigaretus fragilis Conrad p. 181
1858Natica fragilis Emmons p. 267
1863Sigaretus (Naticina) fragilis Conrad p. 565
1904Sigaretus fragilis Martin p. 255
1943Sinum fragilis Gardner p. 213
2008Sinum fragilis 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
speciesfragilis(Conrad 1830)

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 fragilis Conrad 1830
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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: Late/Upper Pliocene or 3.60000 to 2.58800 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588USA (Virginia) Sinum fragilis (78268)