Siratus motacilla

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

Siratus motacilla
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:
Muricoidea
Family:
Muricidae
Subfamily:
Muricinae
Genus:
Siratus
Species:
S. motacilla
Binomial name
Siratus motacilla
(Gmelin, 1791)
Synonyms[1]

Murex briskasii Verrill, 1953
Murex motacilla Gmelin, 1791

Description

Its shell colour varies between shades of yellow through pink to a darker red. This deepwater species can have a considerably extended siphonal canal
sometimes accounting for more than half the mollusc's overall length.
The mollusc's operculum efficiently seals the aperture completely.

Distribution

This uncommon species has been trapped alive off the West coast of BARBADOS Lesser Antilles
at depths around 100 m.

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

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