Sinezona is a genus of minute sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the family Scissurellidae, the little slit shells.
Description
The shell has turbinate or depressed turbinate form. The anal fissure is closed, forming a foramen in the outer wall of the aperture. The slit fasciole is shorter, not over 1ý whorls in length.
Sinezona is a Scissurella in which the anal slit becomes closed in the adult, and transformed into an oblong perforation like one of the holes of a Haliotis.
Distribution
This marine genus occurs worldwide.
Species
Species in the genus Sinezona include:
- Sinezona bandeli <small>Marshall, 2002</small>
- Sinezona beddomei <small>(Petterd, 1884)</small>
- Sinezona brevis <small>(Hedley, 1904)</small>
- Sinezona brucei <small>Geiger, 2012</small>
- Sinezona calumnior <small>Geiger, 2012</small>
- Sinezona carolarum <small>Geiger & McLean, 2010</small>
- Sinezona chilensis <small>Geiger, 2012</small>
- Sinezona cingulata <small>(O.G. Costa, 1861)</small>
- Sinezona confusa <small>Rolán & Luque, 1994</small>
- Sinezona costulata <small>Geiger & Sasaki, 2009</small>
- Sinezona danieldreieri <small>Geiger, 2008</small>
- Sinezona doliolum <small>Herbert, 1986</small>
- Sinezona enigmatica <small>Geiger & B.A. Marshall, 2012</small>
- Sinezona ferriezi <small>(Crosse, 1867)</small>
- Sinezona finlayi <small>(Laws, 1948)</small>
- Sinezona garciai <small>Geiger, 2006</small>
- â Sinezona geigeri <small>Landau, Van Dingenen & Ceulemans, 2017</small>
- Sinezona globosa <small>Geiger, 2006</small>
- â Sinezona haliotimorpha <small>Lozouet, 1998</small>
- Sinezona hawaiiensis <small>Geiger & McLean, 2010</small>
- Sinezona insignis (<small>E.A. Smith, 1910)</small>
- Sinezona insularis <small>Simone, 2009</small>
- Sinezona iota <small>(Finlay, 1926)</small>
- Sinezona kayae <small>Geiger & McLean, 2010</small>
- â Sinezona kondoi
- â Sinezona koruahina <small>(Laws, 1936)</small>
- Sinezona laqueus <small>(Finlay, 1926)</small>
- Sinezona levigata <small>(Iredale, 1908)</small>
- Sinezona macleani <small>Geiger, 2006</small>
- Sinezona marrowi <small>Geiger, 2012</small>
- Sinezona mechanica <small>Geiger & B.A. Marshall, 2012</small>
- Sinezona milleri <small>Geiger & Sasaki, 2009</small>
- Sinezona mouchezi <small>(Vélain, 1876)</small>
- Sinezona norfolkensis <small>Geiger, 2012</small>
- Sinezona pacifica <small>(Oliver, 1915)</small>
- Sinezona pauperata <small>(Powell, 1933)</small>
- Sinezona platyspira <small>Geiger & B.A. Marshall, 2012</small>
- Sinezona plicata <small>(Hedley, 1899)</small>
- â Sinezona praecedens <small>Lozouet, 1998</small>
- Sinezona rimuloides <small>(Carpenter, 1865)</small> - rim scissurelle
- Sinezona semicostata <small>Burnay & Rolán, 1990</small>
- Sinezona singeri <small>Geiger, 2006</small>
- Sinezona singulata <small>(O. G Costa)</small>
- Sinezona subantarctica <small>(Hedley, 1916)</small>
- â Sinezona tertia <small>(Laws, 1940)</small>
- Sinezona wanganellica <small>Geiger & B.A. Marshall, 2012</small>
- Sinezona wileyi <small>Geiger, 2008</small>
- Sinezona zimmeri <small>Geiger, 2003</small>
Nomine dubia:
- Sinezona concinna <small>(G. B. Sowerby I, 1831)</small>
- Sinezona miranda <small>(A. Adams, 1862)</small>
- Sinezona modesta <small>(A. Adams, 1862)</small>
- Sinezona paumotuensis <small>(Garrett, 1872)</small>
Species brought into synonymy:
- Sinezona armillata <small>Yaron, 1983</small>: synonym of Sukashitrochus armillatus <small>(Yaron, 1983)</small>
- Sinezona atkinsoni <small>Tenison-Woods, J.E., 1877</small>: synonym of Sukashitrochus atkinsoni <small>(Tenison Woods, 1877)</small>
- Sinezona brasiliensis <small>Mattar, 1987</small>: synonym of Satondella brasiliensis (<small>Mattar, 1987)</small>
- Sinezona carinata <small>(Adams, A., 1862)</small>: synonym of Sukashitrochus carinatus <small>(A. Adams, 1862)</small>
- Sinezona crossei <small>(Folin, L. de, 1869)</small>: synonym of Sinezona cingulata <small>(O. G. Costa, 1861)</small>
- Sinezona fayalensis <small>(Dautzenberg, 1889)</small>: synonym of Sinezona cingulata <small>(O. G. Costa, 1861)</small>
- Sinezona lobini <small>Burnay & Rolán, 1990</small>: synonym of Scissurella lobini <small>(Burnay & Rolan, 1990)</small>
- Sinezona morleti <small>(Crosse, 1880)</small>: synonym of Sukashitrochus morleti <small>(Crosse, 1880)</small>
- Sinezona lyallensis <small>(Finlay, 1927)</small>: synonym of Sukashitrochus lyallensis <small>(Finlay, 1926)</small>
- Sinezona padangensis <small>(Thiele, 1912)</small>: synonym of Sinezona ferriezi <small>(Crosse, 1867)</small>
- Sinezona pulchra <small>(Petterd, 1884)</small>: synonym of Sukashitrochus pulcher <small>(Petterd, 1884)</small>
- Sinezona redferni <small>Rolán, 1996</small>: synonym of Scissurella redferni <small>(Rolán, 1996)</small>
- Sinezona tricarinata <small>Yaron, 1983</small>: synonym of Sukashitrochus tricarinatus <small>(Yaron, 1983)</small>
References
- Geiger D.L. (2003). Phylogenetic assessment of characters proposed for the generic classification of Recent Scissurellidae (Gastropoda: Vetigastropoda) with a description of one new genus and six new species frop Easter Island and Australia. Molluscan Research 23:21-83
- Geiger D.L. (2012) Monograph of the little slit shells. Volume 1. Introduction, Scissurellidae. pp. 1-728. Volume 2. Anatomidae, Larocheidae, Depressizonidae, Sutilizonidae, Temnocinclidae. pp. 729âÂÂ1291. Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History Monographs Number 7
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