Scrinium is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks belonging to the family Mitromorphidae, in the superfamily Conoidea the cone snails and their allies.
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 inside. 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.
Distribution
The species in this genus occur off Australia and New Zealand. Fossils have been found off New Zealand, ranging in age from: 37.2 to 15.9 Ma.
Species
- â Scrinium blandiatum <small>(Suter, 1917)</small>
- Scrinium brazieri <small>(E. A. Smith, 1892)</small>
- â Scrinium callimorphum <small>(Suter, 1917)</small>
- â Scrinium duplicatum <small>A. W. B. Powell, 1944</small>
- â Scrinium finlayi <small>Powell, 1942</small>
- Scrinium furtivum <small>Hedley, 1922</small>
- Scrinium gatliffi <small>(Verco, 1909)</small>
- â Scrinium haroldi <small>A. W. B. Powell, 1944</small>
- â Scrinium hemiothone <small>(Tenison Woods, 1879)</small>
- Scrinium impendens <small>(Verco, 1909)</small>
- â Scrinium limbatum <small>Maxwell, 1992</small>
- â Scrinium nanum <small>A. W. B. Powell, 1944</small>
- Scrinium neozelanicum <small>(Suter, 1908)</small>
- â Scrinium ordinatum <small>(Hutton, 1877)</small>
- â Scrinium stirophorum <small>Suter, 1917</small>
- â Scrinium strongi <small>Marwick, 1931</small>
- â Scrinium thomsoni <small>Powell, 1942</small>
Species brought into synonymy:
- Scrinium neozelanica [sic] : synonym of Scrinium neozelanicum <small>(Suter, 1908)</small>
- Scrinium sandersonae <small>Bucknill, 1928</small>: synonym of Neoguraleus sandersonae <small>(Bucknill, 1928)</small>
References
- 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: 1âÂÂ184, pls 1âÂÂ23
- Bouchet P., Kantor Yu.I., Sysoev A. & Puillandre N. (2011) A new operational classification of the Conoidea. Journal of Molluscan Studies 77: 273-308.