Sinutropis
| Sinutropis Temporal range: Upper Silurian
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| Genus: | †Sinutropis |
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| † Sinutropis esthetica Perner, 1903 | |
Sinutropis is a genus of fossil sea snails, extinct euomphalid archaeogastropods from the Upper Silurian.
Description[edit]
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[edit]
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[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- 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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