Siratus

Genus of gastropods From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Siratus is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the subfamily Muricinae of the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[2]

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Siratus
Shell of Siratus ciboney
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Muricidae
Subfamily: Muricinae
Genus: Siratus
Jousseaume, 1880[1]
Type species
Murex sirat
d'Orbigny, 1841
Synonyms[2]
  • Chicoreus (Siratus) Jousseaume, 1880
  • Murex (Siratus) Jousseaume, 1880
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Species

Species within the genus Siratus include:

Species brought into synonymy
  • Siratus gallinago (G. B. Sowerby III, 1903): synonym of Vokesimurex gallinago (G. B. Sowerby III, 1903)
  • Siratus hirasei Shikama, 1973: synonym of Siratus pliciferoides (Kuroda, 1942)
  • Siratus vicdani Kosuge, 1980 : synonym of Siratus pliciferoides (Kuroda, 1942)

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