Siratus bessei

Siratus bessei
	Shell of Siratus bessei (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda; clade Hypsogastropoda; clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Muricoidea
Family:	Muricidae
Subfamily:	Muricinae
Genus:	Siratus
Species:	S. bessei
Binomial name
	Siratus bessei; (Houart, 2000)
Synonyms
	Chicoreus (Siratus) bessei Houart, 2000

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

Description

Members of the species are mostly gonochoric and broadcast spawners. Embryos develop into planktonic trochophore larvae and later into juvenile veligers before becoming fully grown adults.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Honduras.

References

^ ^a ^b Siratus bessei (Houart, 2000). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 April 2010.

Houart, R. (2014). Living Muricidae of the world. Muricinae. Murex, Promurex, Haustellum, Bolinus, Vokesimurex and Siratus. Harxheim: ConchBooks. 197 pp.

External links

Houart, R. (2000). Description of two new species of Chicoreus (Siratus) (Gastropoda, Muricidae) from Honduras and Nicaragua. Novapex. 1 (3-4): 75-82

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[WoRMS-1] Siratus bessei (Houart, 2000). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 April 2010.

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