Siratus motacilla
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| Siratus motacilla | |
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| Shell of Siratus motacilla (specimen at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Muricidae |
| Genus: | Siratus |
| Species: | S. motacilla |
| Binomial name | |
| Siratus motacilla (Gmelin, 1791) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Siratus motacilla is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]
The length of the shell regularly attains 50–60 mm.
Its shell colour varies between shades of yellow through pink to a darker red, in strong spiral bands.
This deepwater species can have a considerably extended siphonal canal sometimes accounting for more than half the shell's overall length. The mollusc's operculum efficiently seals the aperture completely.
