Sinutropis
| 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 | |
Sinutropis is a genus of fossil sea snails, extinct euomphalid archaeogastropods from the Upper Silurian.
Description
[edit]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
[edit]According to the Paleobiology Database, the following species are included in this genus:
References
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- Brooks Knight J. et al (1960). Systematic Descriptions. Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology Part I Mollusca 1. Geological Society of America and University of Kansas Press.
- D. M. Rohr D. M. (1988). "Upper Ordovician gastropods from the Seward Peninsula, Alaska". Journal of Paleontology 62(4): 551–566. JSTOR.
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