Sinezona

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Sinezona Fossil range: Miocene to Recent
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Mollusca Class: Gastropoda Subclass: Prosobranchia Order: Archaeogastropoda Superfamily: Pleurotomariacea Family: Scissurellidae Genus: Sinezona Finlay, 1927
Species
See text.
Synonyms
Schismope Woodwardia

Sinezona is a genus of minute sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the family Scissurellidae.

Contents 1 Distribution 2 Description 3 Species in the genus Sinezona 4 References

[edit] Distribution

This genus is found in most seas worldwide.

[edit] Description

The shells have an anal slit closed at the lip margin, leaving an oval hole, or an elongated closed slit, usually at the end of a short selenizone.

[edit] Species in the genus Sinezona

• Sinezona atkinsoni
• Sinezona beddomei
• Sinezona brasiliensis
• Sinezona brevis (Hedley, 1904)
• Sinezona carinata
• Sinezona cingulata
• Sinezona confusa
• Sinezona crossei (Folin, L. de, 1869)
• Sinezona doliolum
• Sinezona ferriezi
• Sinezona insignis
• Sinezona iota (Finlay, 1927)
• Sinezona kayae
• Sinezona kondoi
• Sinezona laevigata (Iredale, 1908)
• Sinezona laqueus (Finlay, 1927)
• Sinezona lobini
• Sinezona lyallensis (Finlay, 1927)
• Sinezona pacifica
• Sinezona pauperata (Powell, 1933)

• Sinezona plicata
• Sinezona pulchra
• Sinezona redferni
• Sinezona rimuloida
• Sinezona rimuloides (Carpenter, 1865) - rim scissurelle
• Sinezona semicostata
• Sinezona singulata
• Sinezona subantarctica (Hedley, 1916)

[edit] References

• Sinezona (TSN 69486). Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
• Powell A W B, New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
• DiscoverLife
• ZipCodeZoo