Siratus tenuivaricosus

Siratus tenuivaricosus
Shell of Siratus tenuivaricosus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Muricidae
Genus:	Siratus
Species:	S. tenuivaricosus
Binomial name
Siratus tenuivaricosus (Dautzenberg, 1927)
Synonyms [1]
Chicoreus cariocaVokes, 1968 Chicoreus tenuivaricosus(Dautzenberg, 1927) Murex calcarKiener, 1843 Murex tenuivaricosusDautzenberg, 1927

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

Description

Shell size 80-90 mm.

Distribution

Trawled at 80-100 metres depth, off Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

References

1. Siratus tenuivaricosus (Dautzenberg, 1927) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 24 April 2010.

• Kiener, L.-C., 1842-43 Genre Rocher (Murex), Linné. Volume 7. In: Spécies général et iconographie des coquilles vivantes. Famille des canalifères, p. 130 pp
• Houart, R. (2014). Living Muricidae of the world. Muricinae. Murex, Promurex, Haustellum, Bolinus, Vokesimurex and Siratus. Harxheim: ConchBooks. 197 pp.