Siratus pliciferoides

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

Siratus pliciferoides
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. pliciferoides
Binomial name
Siratus pliciferoides
(Kuroda, 1942)
Synonyms[1]

Chicoreus pliciferoides Kuroda, 1942
Murex (Siratus) propinquus Kuroda & Azuma in Azuma, 1961
Murex pliciferus Sowerby, 1841
Siratus hirasei Shikama, 1977
Siratus vicdani Kosuge, 1980

Description

The species attains 100+ mm. in length, depending on the siphonal canal.

References
  1. Siratus pliciferoides (Kuroda, 1942). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 April 2010.


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