Kingdom Animalia Class Gastropoda Family Muricidae Scientific name Siratus motacilla | Phylum Mollusca Superfamily Muricoidea Subfamily Muricinae Rank Species | |
Siratus motacilla is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.
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Description
Shell colour varies between shades of yellow through pink to a darker red.
This deepwater species can have a considerably extended siphonal canal
sometimes accounting for more than half the mollusc's overall length.
The mollusc's operculum efficiently seals the aperture completely.
Distribution
Specimens have been trapped alive off the West coast of BARBADOS Lesser Antilles
at depths around 100 m.
References
Siratus motacilla Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA