Siratus

Siratus
Shell of Siratus ciboney
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Muricidae
Subfamily:	Muricinae
Genus:	Siratus Jousseaume, 1880[1]
Type species
Murex sirat d'Orbigny, 1841
Synonyms[2]
Chicoreus (Siratus) Jousseaume, 1880 Murex (Siratus) Jousseaume, 1880

Siratus is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the subfamily Muricinae of the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[2]

Species

Species within the genus Siratus include:

• Siratus aguayoi (Clench & Perez Farfante, 1945)[3]
• Siratus alabaster (Reeve, 1845)[4]
• Siratus articulatus (Reeve, 1845)[5]
• Siratus beauii (Fischer & Bernardi, 1857)[6]
• Siratus bessei (Houart, 2000)[7]
• Siratus cailletti (Petit, 1856)[8]
• Siratus carolynae (Vokes, 1990)[9]
• Siratus caudacurtus (Houart, 1999)[10]
• Siratus ciboney (Clench & Perez Farfante, 1945)[11]
• Siratus colellai (Houart, 1999)[12]
• Siratus coltrorum (Vokes, 1990)[13]
• Siratus consuela (A. H. Verrill, 1950)[14]
• Siratus cracens Houart, 2014
• Siratus evelynae Houart, 2012
• Siratus formosus (Sowerby, 1841)[15]
• Siratus guionneti (Merle, Garrigues & Pointier, 2001)[16]
• Siratus gundlachi (Dunker, 1883)
• † Siratus harzhauseri Landau & Houart, 2014
• Siratus hennequini (Houart, 2000)[17]
• † Siratus hirmetzli Z. Kovács, 2018
• † Siratus komiticus (Suter, 1917)
• Siratus kugleri (Clench & Perez Farfante, 1945)
• Siratus lamyi Merle & Garrigues, 2008[18]
• Siratus michelae Houart & Colomb, 2012
• Siratus motacilla (Gmelin, 1791)[19]
• Siratus perelegans (Vokes, 1965)[20]
• Siratus pliciferoides (Kuroda, 1942)[21]
• Siratus pointieri Merle & Garrigues, 2011
• Siratus senegalensis (Gmelin, 1791)[22]
• Siratus springeri (Bullis, 1964)[23]
• † Siratus syngenes (Finlay, 1930)
• Siratus tenuivaricosus (Dautzenberg, 1927)[24]
• Siratus thompsoni (Bullis, 1964)[25]
• Siratus vokesorum (Garcia, 1999)[26]

Species brought into synonymy

• Siratus gallinago (G. B. Sowerby III, 1903): synonym of Vokesimurex gallinago (G. B. Sowerby III, 1903)
• Siratus hirasei Shikama, 1973: synonym of Siratus pliciferoides (Kuroda, 1942)
• Siratus vicdani Kosuge, 1980 : synonym of Siratus pliciferoides (Kuroda, 1942)

References

1. Jousseaume (1880). Le Naturaliste 1(42): 335.
2. Siratus Jousseaume, 1880. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 1 November 2010.
3. Siratus aguayoi (Clench & Perez Farfante, 1945). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
4. Siratus alabaster (Reeve, 1845). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
5. Siratus articulatus (Reeve, 1845). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
6. Siratus beauii (Fischer & Bernardi, 1857). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
7. Siratus bessei (Houart, 2000). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
8. Siratus cailletti (Petit, 1856). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
9. Siratus carolynae (Vokes, 1990). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
10. Siratus caudacurtus (Houart, 1999). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
11. Siratus ciboney (Clench & Perez Farfante, 1945). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
12. Siratus colellai (Houart, 1999). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
13. Siratus coltrorum (Vokes, 1990). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
14. Siratus consuela (A. H. Verrill, 1950). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
15. Siratus formosus (Sowerby, 1841). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
16. Siratus guionneti (Merle, Garrigues & Pointier, 2001). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
17. Siratus hennequini (Houart, 2000). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
18. Siratus lamyi Merle & Garrigues, 2008. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
19. Siratus motacilla (Gmelin, 1791). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
20. Siratus perelegans (Vokes, 1965). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
21. Siratus pliciferoides (Kuroda, 1942). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
22. Siratus senegalensis (Gmelin, 1791). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
23. Siratus springeri (Bullis, 1964). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
24. Siratus tenuivaricosus (Dautzenberg, 1927). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
25. Siratus thompsoni (Bullis, 1964). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
26. Siratus vokesorum (Garcia, 1999). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.

• Merle D., Garrigues B. & Pointier J.-P. (2011) Fossil and Recent Muricidae of the world. Part Muricinae. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 648
• Houart R. (2012) Description of a new species in the Siratus pliciferoides group (Gastropoda: Muricidae) from the Philippines. Novapex 13(1): 25-28
• Houart, R. (2014). Living Muricidae of the world. Muricinae. Murex, Promurex, Haustellum, Bolinus, Vokesimurex and Siratus. Harxheim: ConchBooks. 197 pp.

External links

• Jousseaume, F. P. (1880). Division méthodique de la famille des Purpuridés. Le Naturaliste. 2(42): 335-338