Siliquaria muricata

Siliquaria muricata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Family:	Siliquariidae
Genus:	Siliquaria
Species:	S. muricata
Binomial name
	Siliquaria muricata; Born, 1780
Synonyms
	Tenagodes muricatusLamarck

Last updated October 10, 2025

Siliquaria muricata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Siliquariidae.^[1]

Distribution

This species occurs in the Indian Ocean off Madagascar.

References

1 2 Siliquaria muricata Born, 1780 . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 17 May 2010.

Dautzenberg, P. (1923). Liste préliminaire des mollusques marins de Madagascar et description de deux espèces nouvelles. Journal de Conchyliologie 68: 21–74

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[WoRMS-1] 1 2 Siliquaria muricata Born, 1780 . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 17 May 2010.

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