Sulcosinus
Genus of gastropods
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Sulcosinus is a genus of large sea snails or true whelks, marine gastropod molluscs in the superfamily Buccinoidea.[1]
| Sulcosinus | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Buccinoidea |
| Family: | incertae sedis |
| Genus: | Sulcosinus Dall, 1895 |
| Type species | |
| Buccinum taphrium Dall, 1891 | |
| Synonyms | |
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Description
(Original description) The shell is thin and features a deeply channeled suture, a strongly reflected lip, and a thick parietal callous deposit. [2]
Species
According to the World Register of Marine Species, the following species with valid names are included within the genus Sulcosinus:
- Sulcosinus carinatus J. H. McLean & R. N. Clark, 2023
- Sulcosinus taphrium (Dall, 1891)
- Synonyms
- Sulcosinus orientalis Golikov & Gulbin, 1977: synonym of Clinopegma borealis Tiba, 1969
