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Sinutropis

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
?Gastropoda

Family
  
†Euomphalidae

Phylum
  
Mollusca

Superfamily
  
†Euomphaloidea

Rank
  
Genus

Sinutropis is a genus of fossil sea snails, extinct euomphalid archaeogastropods from the Upper Silurian.

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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
  • Sinutropis interrumpens Perner, 1903
  • Sinutropis spiralis Rohr, 1988
  • Sinutropis tenera Perner, 1903

    • References

    Sinutropis Wikipedia
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