Siratus senegalensis

Siratus senegalensis
Shell of Siratus senegalensis
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Muricidae
Genus:	Siratus
Species:	S. senegalensis
Binomial name
Siratus senegalensis (Gmelin, 1791)
Synonyms[1]
Chicoreus senegalensis (Gmelin, 1791) Murex brasiliensis Sowerby, 1834 Murex costatus Gmelin, 1791 Murex senegalensis Gmelin, 1791 Murex sirat d'Orbigny, 1841 · Purpura sirat Orbigny, 1841

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

Description

Distribution

Southern Caribbean to southern Brazil (has been located in Western Africa, originally Senegal, but it is apparently erroneous, according to Radwin & D´Attilio, 1976 and Rios, 2009)

References

1. Siratus senegalensis (Gmelin, 1791). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 April 2010.

• Adanson, M., 1757 Histoire naturelle du Sénégal. Coquillages, p. 275 p, 19 pls
• Fischer-Piette, E., 1942. Les mollusques d'Adanson. Journal de Conchyliologie 85: 104–366
• Houart, R. (2014). Living Muricidae of the world. Muricinae. Murex, Promurex, Haustellum, Bolinus, Vokesimurex and Siratus. Harxheim: ConchBooks. 197 pp

External links

• Gmelin J.F. (1791). Vermes. In: Gmelin J.F. (Ed.) Caroli a Linnaei Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Ed. 13. Tome 1(6). G.E. Beer, Lipsiae
• Sowerby, G. B. I; Sowerby, G. B. II. (1832–1841). The conchological illustrations or, Coloured figures of all the hitherto unfigured recent shells. London, privately published.