Sinum
Sinum is a genus of predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Sininae of the family Naticidae, the moon snails.
Most naticids have shells that are globular, but the shell of species in the genus Sinum is flattened to some extent, some being so flattened that they are ear-shaped.
Distribution
This marine species is cosmopolitan.Species
Species within the genus Sinum include:Sinum bifasciatum Sinum concavum Sinum cortezi Burch & Burch, 1964Sinum cymba Sinum debile Sinum delesserti Sinum diauges Kilburn, 1974Sinum eximium- † Sinum faviai Lozouet, 2001
- Sinum grayi G. P. Deshayes, 1843Sinum haliotoideum Sinum incisum
- † Sinum infirmum Marwick, 1924Sinum japonicum Sinum javanicum Sinum keratium Dall, 1919Sinum laevigatum Sinum maculatum
- † Sinum marwicki Laws, 1930Sinum minus Sinum nanhaiense S.-P. Zhang, 2009Sinum neritoideum Sinum noyesii Dall, 1903Sinum perspectivum Sinum planulatum Sinum quasimodoides Kilburn, 1976Sinum sanctijohannis Sinum scopulosum Sinum vittatum Zhang, 2008Sinum zonale
;Species brought into synonymy:Sinum acuminatus : synonym of Conuber conicum Sinum californicum I. Oldroyd, 1917: synonym of Sinum scopulosum Sinum cuvierianum : synonym of Vanikoro cuvieriana Sinum fuscum Röding, 1798: synonym of Sinum haliotoideum Sinum insculptus Adams & Reeve, 1850: synonym of Sinum javanicum Sinum latifasciatus Adams & Reeve, 1850: synonym of Sinum neritoideum Sinum minor : synonym of Sinum minus Sinum nanhaiensis S.-P. Zhang, 2009: synonym of Sinum nanhaiense S.-P. Zhang, 2009 Sinum papilla : synonym of Eunaticina papilla Sinum parvus : synonym of Sinum neritoideum Sinum petitianus Récluz, 1843: synonym of Sigaretus petitianus Récluz in Chenu, 1843 Sinum pazianum Dall, 1919: synonym of Sinum debile Sinum planatum: synonym of Sinum planulatum Sinum sinuatus Récluz, 1851: synonym of Sigaretus sinuatus Récluz, 1851 Sinum tener : synonym of Eunaticina papilla Sinum weberi : synonym of ''Sinum incisum''