Siratus vokesorum
| Siratus vokesorum | |
|---|---|
| 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. vokesorum |
| Binomial name | |
| Siratus vokesorum (Garcia, 1999) [1] | |
| Synonyms[2] | |
|
Chicoreus (Siratus) vokesorum Garcia, 1999 | |
Siratus vokesorum is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[2]
Description
The height of the shell attains 32 mm.
Distribution
This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off the Bahamas at depths between 46 m and 273 m.
References
- ↑ García, E. F. 1999. Three new gastropod (Mollusca) species from the New World. Apex 14(3-4): 59-65.
- 1 2 Siratus vokesorum (Garcia, 1999). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 April 2010.
- Merle D., Garrigues B. & Pointier J.-P. (2011) Fossil and Recent Muricidae of the world. Part Muricinae. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 648 pp
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