(Say, 1831)
Sinum perspectivum
White Baby Ear
Phylum:
Mollusca
Taxonomy
Class:
Gastropoda
Order:
Littorinimorpha
Family:
Naticidae
ANSP 222185
Shell Information
Diameter (mm): 38
Chirality:
Dextral
Description:
This shell has a flattened appearance with an especially elongated body whorl. It is typically white.
Ecological Information
Distribution:
New Jersey to the Caribbean Sea
Depth (m):
0 to 70 meters
Diet:
Carnivore; They eat a variety of bivalves.
Habitat:
Soft substrates
Works Cited
MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Sinum perspectivum (Say, 1831). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=160053 on 2021-06-23
Morris, P. A. (1987). A field guide to shells: Atlantic and Gulf coasts and the West Indies (3rd ed.). Houghton Mifflin.
Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (214). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics. https://doi.org/1.116/j.ecoinf.214.8.5.