Siratus senegalensis
| Siratus senegalensis | |
|---|---|
| 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. senegalensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Siratus senegalensis (Gmelin, 1791) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
|
Murex brasiliensis Sowerby, 1834 | |
Siratus senegalensis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]
Distribution
Southern Caribbean to southern Brazil (has been located in Western Africa, originally - Senegal, but it is apparentely erroneous, according to Radwin & D´Attilio, 1976 and Rios, 2009)
References
- 1 2 Siratus senegalensis (Gmelin, 1791). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 April 2010.
External links
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