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Siratus bessei

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Siratus bessei
Shell of Siratus bessei (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
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S. bessei
Binomial name
Siratus bessei
(Houart, 2000)
Synonyms[1]

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

  1. ^ 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.