Globisinum

Globisinum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Naticidae
Genus: Globisinum
Marwick, 1924
Type species
Sigaretus drewi Murdoch, 1899

Globisinum is a genus of predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Naticidae, the moon snails.[1]

Species

Species within the genus Globisinum include:

  • Globisinum crassiliratum Finlay, 1926
  • Globisinum drewi (Murdoch, 1899)
  • Globisinum limatum (Tate, 1893)
  • Globisinum miocaenicum (Suter, 1917)
  • Globisinum perspectivum (Tate, 1893)
  • Globisinum pritchardi (Cossmann, 1907)
  • Globisinum spirale (P. Marshall, 1917)
Species brought into synonymy
  • Globisinum flemingi A. W. B. Powell, 1931; synonym of † Globisinum drewi (Murdoch, 1899) (junior subjective synonym)
  • Globisinum mucronatum Marwick, 1928: synonym of † Globisinum drewi (Murdoch, 1899) (junior subjective synonym)
  • Globisinum powelli Stilwell & Zinsmeister, 1992: synonym of † Sinuber powelli (Stilwell & Zinsmeister, 1992)
  • Globisinum venustum (Suter, 1907): synonym of Globisinum drewi (Murdoch, 1899)
  • Globisinum wollastoni Finlay, 1927: synonym of Globisinum drewi (Murdoch, 1899)

References

  1. ^ Bouchet, P. (2011). Globisinum Marwick, 1924. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=584308 on 2011-10-24