Sipho Explained

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

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 [1]

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

Notes and References

  1. http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=494029 WoRMS : Sipho; accessed : 7 November 2010