Siratus bessei
| Siratus bessei | |
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| Shell of Siratus bessei (holotype at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Muricidae |
| Genus: | Siratus |
| Species: | S. bessei
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| Binomial name | |
| Siratus bessei (Houart, 2000)
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| Synonyms[1] | |
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Chicoreus (Siratus) bessei Houart, 2000 | |
Siratus bessei is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]
Description[edit]
Members of the species are mostly gonochoric and broadcast spawners. Embryos develop into planktonic trochophore larvae and later into juvenile veligers before becoming fully grown adults.
Distribution[edit]
This marine species occurs off Honduras.
References[edit]
- ^ a b Siratus bessei (Houart, 2000). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 April 2010.
- Houart, R. (2014). Living Muricidae of the world. Muricinae. Murex, Promurex, Haustellum, Bolinus, Vokesimurex and Siratus. Harxheim: ConchBooks. 197 pp.
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