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
	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]

Description[]

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[]

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

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

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