Siratus senegalensis

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Siratus senegalensis
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Shell of Siratus senegalensis
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Muricidae
Genus: Siratus
Species:
S. senegalensis
Binomial name
Siratus senegalensis
(Gmelin, 1791)
Synonyms [1]
  • Chicoreus senegalensis(Gmelin, 1791)
  • Murex brasiliensisSowerby, 1834
  • Murex costatusGmelin, 1791
  • Murex senegalensisGmelin, 1791
  • Murex siratd'Orbigny, 1841 ·
  • Purpura siratOrbigny, 1841

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

Contents

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)

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