''Sipho'' is a
genus of
sea snail
Sea snail is a common name for slow-moving marine gastropod molluscs, usually with visible external shells, such as whelk or abalone. They share the taxonomic class Gastropoda with slugs, which are distinguished from snails primarily by the ...
s, marine
gastropod
The gastropods (), commonly known as snails and slugs, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda ().
This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, from freshwater, and from land. T ...
mollusks in the
family Buccinidae, the true whelks.
The name of the genus ''Sipho'' Mörch, 1852
x Klein
X, or x, is the twenty-fourth and third-to-last letter in the Latin alphabet, used in the modern English alphabet, the alphabets of other western European languages and others worldwide. Its name in English is ''"ex"'' (pronounced ), ...
has become invalid and is a synonym of ''
Colus
''Colus'' (lat. ''colus'', distaff) is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Colidae, the true whelks and the like.
Evolution
''Colus'' is related to the New Zealand genus ''Austrofusus''.
Taxonomy
The name ''Colus'' ...
'' Röding, 1798. A previous use of the genus name ''Sipho'' T. Brown, 1827 is now a synonym of ''
Puncturella
''Puncturella'' is a genus of minute deepwater keyhole limpets, marine gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets and slit limpets.Gofas, S. (2011). Puncturella. Accessed through: World Register of Marine ...
''
Species
All the species that used to belong to the genus ''Sipho'' have become synonyms of other species in the family Buccinidae.
* ''Sipho astrolabiensis'' Strebel, 1908:
synonym of ''
Prosipho astrolabiensis
''Prosipho astrolabiensis'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod
The gastropods (), commonly known as snails and slugs, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda ().
This clas ...
'' (Strebel, 1908)
References
External links
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Buccinidae
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