Siratus vokesorum

Siratus vokesorum
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. vokesorum
Binomial name
Siratus vokesorum
(Garcia, 1999) [1]
Synonyms[2]

Chicoreus (Siratus) vokesorum Garcia, 1999

Siratus vokesorum is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[2]

Description

The height of the shell attains 32 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off the Bahamas at depths between 46 m and 273 m.

References

  1. García, E. F. 1999. Three new gastropod (Mollusca) species from the New World. Apex 14(3-4): 59-65.
  2. 1 2 Siratus vokesorum (Garcia, 1999).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 April 2010.


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