Siratus guionneti

Siratus guionneti
Shell of Siratus guionneti (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Muricidae
Genus:	Siratus
Species:	S. guionneti
Binomial name
Siratus guionneti (Merle, Garrigues & Pointier, 2001)
Synonyms[1]
Chicoreus (Siratus) guionneti Merle, Garrigues & Pointier, 2001 Chicoreus guionneti Merle, Garrigues & Pointier, 2001

Siratus guionneti is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]

Description

The shell size varies between 35 mm and 65 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Caribbean Sea, Martinique and the Lesser Antilles.

References

1. Siratus guionneti (Merle, Garrigues & Pointier, 2001). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 1 November 2010.

• Merle D., Garrigues B. & Pointier J.-P. (2011) Fossil and Recent Muricidae of the world. Part Muricinae. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 648 pp.
• Houart, R. (2014). Living Muricidae of the world. Muricinae. Murex, Promurex, Haustellum, Bolinus, Vokesimurex and Siratus. Harxheim: ConchBooks. 197 pp.
• Garrigues B . & Lamy D. 2018, 218. Muricidae récoltés au cours de la campagne KARUBENTHOS 2 du MNHN dans les eaux profondes de Guadeloupe (Antilles Françaises) et description de trois nouvelles espèces des genres Pagodula et Pygmaepterys (Mollusca, Gastropoda). Xenophora Taxonomy 20: 34-52

External links

• "Chicoreus (Siratus) guionneti". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 1 November 2010.
• Merle D., Garrigues B. & Pointier J.-P. 2001. An analysis of the sculptural pattern of the shell in Caribbean members of Chicoreus (Siratus) Jousseaume, 1880 (Gastropoda, Muricidae), with description of a new species. Zoosystema 23(3): 417-431