Kingdom Animalia Superfamily Muricoidea Subfamily Muricinae Scientific name Siratus senegalensis Rank Species | Class Gastropoda Family Muricidae Genus Siratus Phylum Mollusca | |
Similar Siratus ciboney, Siratus beauii, Phyllonotus pomum, Dermomurex, Naquetia | ||
Siratus senegalensis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.
Distribution
Southern Caribbean to southern Brazil (has been located in Western Africa, originally - Senegal, but it is apparentely erroneous, according to Radwin & D´Attilio, 1976 and Rios, 2009)
References
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