Siratus beauii

Siratus beauii
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Muricidae
Genus: Siratus
Species:
S. beauii
Binomial name
Siratus beauii
(Fischer & Bernardi, 1857)
Synonyms[1]
  • Murex beauii Fischer & Bernardi, 1857
  • Murex branchi Clench, 1953
  • Murex percoides Lobbecke, 1879

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

Description

This species attains a size of 120 mm.
with a degree of variation in color and sculpture strength,
particularly the size of spines and varices.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Caribbean Sea, the Gulf of Mexico and the Lesser Antilles.
A deepwater species trapped alive at depths no less than around 180–200 meters, off West coast Barbados.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b Siratus beauii (Fischer & Bernardi, 1857). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 18 July 2012.
  2. ^ Personal marine bio observation
  • Jensen, R. H. (1997). A Checklist and Bibliography of the Marine Molluscs of Bermuda. Unp. , 547 pp
  • Rosenberg, G., F. Moretzsohn, and E. F. García. 2009. Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, pp. 579–699 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.
  • Merle D., Garrigues B. & Pointier J.-P. (2011) Fossil and Recent Muricidae of the world. Part Muricinae. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 648 pp
  • Houart, R. (2014). Living Muricidae of the world. Muricinae. Murex, Promurex, Haustellum, Bolinus, Vokesimurex and Siratus. Harxheim: ConchBooks. 197 pp.
  • Garrigues B . & Lamy D. 2018, 218. Muricidae récoltés au cours de la campagne KARUBENTHOS 2 du MNHN dans les eaux profondes de Guadeloupe (Antilles Françaises) et description de trois nouvelles espèces des genres Pagodula et Pygmaepterys (Mollusca, Gastropoda). Xenophora Taxonomy 20: 34-52
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