Sinutropis

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Sinutropis
Temporal range: Upper Silurian
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
?Gastropoda
Superfamily:
†Euomphaloidea
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[]

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[]

According to the Paleobiology Database, the following species are included in this genus:

  • Sinutropis esthetica Perner, 1903[2]
  • Sinutropis interrumpens Perner, 1903[2]
  • Sinutropis spiralis Rohr, 1988[2]
  • Sinutropis tenera Perner, 1903[2]

References[]

  1. ^ Perner J. (1903). Gastéropodes, Tome 1: Patellidae et Bellerophontidae 1-164.
  2. ^ a b c d Paleobiology Database: Sinutropis

Further reading[]

  • 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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