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
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Sinezona Finlay, 1926
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Treatment

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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Taxonomy

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Mollusca
Class	Gastropoda
Order	Lepetellida
Family	Scissurellidae

Specimens

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