Siratus senegalensis
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Siratus senegalensis (Gmelin, 1791)
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Siratus senegalensis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]
Description
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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)
References
- ^ a b Siratus senegalensis (Gmelin, 1791). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 April 2010.
- Adanson, M., 1757 Histoire naturelle du Sénégal. Coquillages, p. 275 p, 19 pls
- Fischer-Piette, E., 1942. Les mollusques d'Adanson. Journal de Conchyliologie 85: 104–366
- Houart, R. (2014). Living Muricidae of the world. Muricinae. Murex, Promurex, Haustellum, Bolinus, Vokesimurex and Siratus. Harxheim: ConchBooks. 197 pp
External links
- Gmelin J.F. (1791). Vermes. In: Gmelin J.F. (Ed.) Caroli a Linnaei Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Ed. 13. Tome 1(6). G.E. Beer, Lipsiae
- Sowerby, G. B. I; Sowerby, G. B. II. (1832–1841). The conchological illustrations or, Coloured figures of all the hitherto unfigured recent shells. London, privately published.
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