Sinutropis
Genus of gastropods
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Sinutropis is a genus of fossil sea snails, extinct euomphalid archaeogastropods from the Upper Silurian.
| Sinutropis Temporal range: Upper Silurian | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Family: | †Euomphalidae |
| Genus: | †Sinutropis Perner, 1903[1] |
| Type species | |
| † Sinutropis esthetica Perner, 1903 | |
Description
The shell has rounded whorls and a deep rounded sinus on the upper lip of the aperture in place of the typical exhalent angulation of most related genera. Otherwise the shell is not obviously ornamented.
Species
According to the Paleobiology Database, the following species are included in this genus: