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Siratus bessei

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Siratus bessei
Shell of Siratus bessei (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. bessei
Binomial name
Siratus bessei
(Houart, 2000)
Synonyms[1]

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

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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

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This marine species occurs off Honduras.

References

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  1. ^ 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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