Siratus consuela

Siratus consuela
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. consuela
Binomial name
Siratus consuela
(Verrill, 1950)
Synonyms[1]
  • Murex consuelae Vokes, 1963 (unjustified emendation)
  • Murex pulcher A. Adams, 1853
  • Murex pulcher var. consuela Verrill, 1950

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

Description

An uncommon species, trapped alive along with other species of Siratus at depths around 100 metres offshore West coast of Barbados[2]

References

  1. 1 2 Siratus consuela (Verrill, 1950).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 11 June 2012.
  2. ↑ Personal marine bio experience via trappings and dredgings, during the 1980's


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