Sipho

Sipho is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Buccinidae, the true whelks.[1]

Sipho
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:
Buccinoidea
Family:
Buccinidae
Genus:
Sipho

The name of the genus Sipho Mörch, 1852 [ex Klein] has become invalid and is a synonym of Colus Röding, 1798. A previous use of the genus name Sipho T. Brown, 1827 is now a synonym of Puncturella [2]

Species

All the species that used to belong to the genus Sipho have become synonyms of other species in the family Buccinidae.

References
  1. Sipho . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 28 February 2011.
  2. WoRMS : Sipho; accessed : 7 November 2010
  3. Sipho astrolabiensis Strebel, 1908. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 17 April 2010.


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