Siratus guionneti

Siratus guionneti is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]

Siratus guionneti
Shell of Siratus guionneti (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
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. guionneti
Binomial name
Siratus guionneti
(Merle, Garrigues & Pointier, 2001)
Synonyms[1]
  • Chicoreus (Siratus) guionneti Merle, Garrigues & Pointier, 2001
  • Chicoreus guionneti Merle, Garrigues & Pointier, 2001

Description

The shell size varies between 35 mm and 65 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Caribbean Sea, Martinique and the Lesser Antilles.

References
  1. Siratus guionneti (Merle, Garrigues & Pointier, 2001). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 1 November 2010.
  • Merle D., Garrigues B. & Pointier J.-P. (2011) Fossil and Recent Muricidae of the world. Part Muricinae. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 648 pp.
  • Houart, R. (2014). Living Muricidae of the world. Muricinae. Murex, Promurex, Haustellum, Bolinus, Vokesimurex and Siratus. Harxheim: ConchBooks. 197 pp.
  • Garrigues B . & Lamy D. 2018, 218. Muricidae récoltés au cours de la campagne KARUBENTHOS 2 du MNHN dans les eaux profondes de Guadeloupe (Antilles Françaises) et description de trois nouvelles espèces des genres Pagodula et Pygmaepterys (Mollusca, Gastropoda). Xenophora Taxonomy 20: 34-52
  • "Chicoreus (Siratus) guionneti". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 1 November 2010.
  • Merle D., Garrigues B. & Pointier J.-P. 2001. An analysis of the sculptural pattern of the shell in Caribbean members of Chicoreus (Siratus) Jousseaume, 1880 (Gastropoda, Muricidae), with description of a new species. Zoosystema 23(3): 417-431
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