Siratus senegalensis

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

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

Distribution

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

References


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