Sinum
Sinum is a genus of predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in 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.
26 branches of this genus, most-observed first
White Baby Ear
speciesSinum perspectivum
Zoned sinum
speciesSinum zonale
Boat Ear Moon Snail
speciesSinum cymba
Western Baby's Ear
speciesSinum scopulosum
Sinum bifasciatum
speciesSinum bifasciatum
Brown Baby Ear
speciesSinum maculatum
Sinum javanicum
speciesSinum javanicum
Sinum neritoideum
speciesSinum neritoideum
Sinum debile
speciesSinum debile
Sinum haliotoideum
speciesSinum haliotoideum
Sinum grayi
speciesSinum grayi
Sinum concavum
speciesSinum concavum
Sinum planulatum
speciesSinum planulatum
Sinum incisum
speciesSinum incisum
Sinum noyesii
speciesSinum noyesii
Sinum delessertii
speciesSinum delessertii
Sinum minus
speciesSinum minus
Sinum sanctijohannis
speciesSinum sanctijohannis
Sinum quasimodoides
speciesSinum quasimodoides
Sinum nanhaiense
speciesSinum nanhaiense
Sinum vittatum
speciesSinum vittatum
Sinum diauges
speciesSinum diauges
Sinum keratium
speciesSinum keratium
Sinum japonicum
speciesSinum japonicum
Sinum eximium
speciesSinum eximium
Sinum laevigatum
speciesSinum laevigatum
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the old herbals & bestiaries
Notable Commentaries on the History of Plants
Leonhart Fuchs · 1542 · p.773
Notable Commentaries on the History of Plants
Leonhart Fuchs · 1549 · p.771
De medicinali materia libri sex
Dioscorides · 1552 · p.321
Commentaries on the Six Books of Pedanius Dioscorides on Medical Matter
Pietro Andrea Mattioli · 1565 · p.732
In the stacks
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 246554.