Siratus motacilla

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
	Murex briskasii Verrill, 1953; Murex motacilla Gmelin, 1791

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

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[]

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

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

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