Siratus lamyi

Siratus lamyi
Shell of Siratus lamyi (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Muricidae
Genus:	Siratus
Species:	S. lamyi
Binomial name
Siratus lamyi Merle & Garrigues, 2008

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

Description

The length of the shell attains 40.2 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off French Guyana.

References

1. Siratus lamyi Merle & Garrigues, 2008 . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 24 April 2010.

• Merle D. & Garrigues B. (2008). New muricid species (Mollusca, Gastropoda) from French Guiana. Zoosystema 30(2): 517-526
• 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.