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
Shell of Siratus senegalensis
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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

Description

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Distribution

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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

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  1. ^ a b 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
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