Sinezona Finlay, 1926

Geiger, Daniel L. & Mclean, James H., 2010, New species and records of Scissurellidae and Anatomidae from the Americas (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Vetigastropoda), Zootaxa 2356, pp. 1-35 : 4

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.275645

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6210855

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03DCBC11-C25A-FFBC-0ED2-1FD5FE9C66EE

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scientific name

Sinezona Finlay, 1926
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Sinezona Finlay, 1926 View in CoL

Type species. Schismope brevis Hedley, 1904 (OD).

Diagnosis. Scissurellidae with slit closed to foramen at maturity, keels of foramen not elevated to form chimney.

Remarks. In juveniles, the selenizone may be shorter and the slit is still not closed to a foramen. Juvenile Sinezona and adult Scissurella both have an open slit; mature specimens can be recognized by the descending last quarter whorl.

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