Siratus senegalensis

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

Siratus senegalensis
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. senegalensis
Binomial name
Siratus senegalensis
(Gmelin, 1791)
Synonyms[1]

Murex brasiliensis Sowerby, 1834
Murex costatus Gmelin, 1791
Murex senegalensis Gmelin, 1791
Purpura sirat Orbigny, 1841

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.

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