Sulcosinus
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| 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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Sulcosinus is a genus of large sea snails or true whelks, marine gastropod molluscs in the superfamily Buccinoidea.[1]
(Original description) The shell is thin and features a deeply channeled suture, a strongly reflected lip, and a thick parietal callous deposit. [2]
