Scrinium

Scrinium is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Mitromorphidae, in the superfamily Conoidea the cone snails and their allies.[1]

Scrinium
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Mitromorphidae
Genus: Scrinium
Hedley, 1922
Type species
Mitromorpha brazieri
E. A. Smith, 1892
Species

See text

Description

The small shell is oblong and rounded at each end. It contains only a few whorls. The low protoconch is dome-shaped. The colour is yellow and brown, uniform or variegated. There is no differentiation of the fasciole area. The sculpture consists of obscure radial ribs and faint spiral grooves. The aperture is rather wide and smooth within. The sinus is shallow. The outer lip is simple. The siphonal canal is short and wide, with an everted margin. The columella is concave and twisted.[2]

Distribution

The species in this genus occur off Australia and New Zealand. Fossils have been found off New Zealand, age range: 37.2 to 15.9 Ma.[3]

Species
Species brought into synonymy
  • Scrinium neozelanica [sic] : synonym of Scrinium neozelanicum (Suter, 1908)
  • Scrinium sandersonae Bucknill, 1928: synonym of Neoguraleus sandersonae'' (Bucknill, 1928)

References
  1. Rosenberg, G.; Bouchet, P. (2012). Scrinium. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=432553 on 2012-06-29
  2. Hedley, C. 1922. A revision of the Australian Turridae. Records of the Australian Museum 13(6): 213-359, pls 42-56 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  3. Fossilsworks: Scrinium
  4. Australian Faunal Directory : Scrinium gatliffi
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1966. The molluscan families Speightiidae and Turridae, an evaluation of the valid taxa, both Recent and fossil, with list of characteristic species. Bulletin of the Auckland Institute and Museum. Auckland, New Zealand 5: 1–184, pls 1–23
  • Bouchet P., Kantor Yu.I., Sysoev A. & Puillandre N. (2011) A new operational classification of the Conoidea. Journal of Molluscan Studies 77: 273-308.
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