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Siratus lamyi

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Siratus lamyi
Shell of Siratus lamyi (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Muricidae
Genus: Siratus
Species:
S. lamyi
Binomial name
Siratus lamyi
Merle & Garrigues, 2008

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

Description

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The length of the shell attains 40.2 mm.

Distribution

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This marine species occurs off French Guyana

References

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  • Merle D. & Garrigues B. (2008). New muricid species (Mollusca, Gastropoda) from French Guiana. Zoosystema 30(2): 517-526
  • Merle D., Garrigues B. & Pointier J.-P. (2011) Fossil and Recent Muricidae of the world. Part Muricinae. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 648 pp.
  • Houart, R. (2014). Living Muricidae of the world. Muricinae. Murex, Promurex, Haustellum, Bolinus, Vokesimurex and Siratus. Harxheim: ConchBooks. 197 pp.