Sinum bifasciatum

Sinum bifasciatum
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Littorinimorpha
Family:	Naticidae
Genus:	Sinum
Species:	S. bifasciatum
Binomial name
	Sinum bifasciatum; (Récluz, 1851)
Synonyms
	Sigaretus bifasciatus Récluz, 1851 (basionym); Sigaretus menkeanus Dunker, 1853 (junior synonym); Sigaretus philippii Weinkauff, 1883; Sinum (Ectosinum) bifasciatum (Récluz, 1851) · alternate representation;

Sinum bifasciatum is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Naticidae, the moon snails.^[1]

Description[edit]

The size of an adult shell varies between 18 mm and 40 mm.

This species occurs in the Mediterranean Sea, in the Atlantic Ocean along the Canary Islands, Cape Verdes, Morocco, West Africa and Angola,

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