Siratus vokesorum

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

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

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. Siratus vokesorum (Garcia, 1999). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 April 2010.
  • Merle D., Garrigues B. & Pointier J.-P. (2011) Fossil and Recent Muricidae of the world. Part Muricinae. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 648 pp
  • "Siratus vokesorum". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.


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