Siratus pliciferoides

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Siratus pliciferoides
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Muricidae
Genus: Siratus
Species:
S. pliciferoides
Binomial name
Siratus pliciferoides
(Kuroda, 1942)
Synonyms [1]

Chicoreus pliciferoidesKuroda, 1942
Murex (Siratus) propinquus Kuroda & Azuma in Azuma, 1961
Murex pliciferusSowerby, 1841
Siratus hiraseiShikama, 1977
Siratus vicdaniKosuge, 1980

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

Description

The species attains 100+ mm. in length, depending on the siphonal canal.

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