Siratus

Siratus
shell of Siratus ciboney
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Muricoidea
Family:	Muricidae
Subfamily:	Muricinae
Genus:	Siratus Jousseaume, 1880[1]
Type species
Murex sirat d'Orbigny, 1841
Synonyms[2]
Chicoreus (Siratus) Jousseaume, 1880 Murex (Siratus)

Siratus is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.^[2]

Species

Species within the genus Siratus include:

• Siratus aguayoi (Clench & Perez Farfante, 1945)^[3]
• Siratus alabaster (Reeve, 1845)^[4]
• Siratus articulatus (Reeve, 1845)^[5]
• Siratus beauii (Fischer & Bernardi, 1857)^[6]
• Siratus bessei (Houart, 2000)^[7]
• Siratus cailletti (Petit, 1856)^[8]
• Siratus carolynae (Vokes, 1990)^[9]
• Siratus caudacurtus (Houart, 1999)^[10]
• Siratus ciboney (Clench & Perez Farfante, 1945)^[11]
• Siratus colellai (Houart, 1999)^[12]
• Siratus coltrorum (Vokes, 1990)^[13]
• Siratus consuela (A. H. Verrill, 1950)^[14]
• Siratus evelynae Houart, 2012
• Siratus formosus (Sowerby, 1841)^[15]
• Siratus guionneti (Merle, Garrigues & Pointier, 2001)^[16]
• Siratus gundlachi (Dunker, 1883)
• Siratus hennequini (Houart, 2000)^[17]
• Siratus kugleri (Clench & Perez Farfante, 1945)
• Siratus lamyi Merle & Garrigues, 2008^[18]
• Siratus michelae Houart & Colomb, 2012
• Siratus motacilla (Gmelin, 1791)^[19]
• Siratus perelegans (Vokes, 1965)^[20]
• Siratus pliciferoides (Kuroda, 1942)^[21]
• Siratus pointieri Merle & Garrigues, 2011
• Siratus senegalensis (Gmelin, 1791)^[22]
• Siratus springeri (Bullis, 1964)^[23]
• Siratus tenuivaricosus (Dautzenberg, 1927)^[24]
• Siratus thompsoni (Bullis, 1964)^[25]
• Siratus vokesorum (Garcia, 1999)^[26]

Species brought into synonymy

• Siratus hirasei Shikama, 1973: synonym of Siratus pliciferoides (Kuroda, 1942)
• Siratus vicdani Kosuge, 1980 : synonym of Siratus pliciferoides (Kuroda, 1942)

References

1. Jousseaume (1880). Le Naturaliste 1(42): 335.
2. Siratus Jousseaume, 1880.  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 1 November 2010.
3. Siratus aguayoi (Clench & Perez Farfante, 1945).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
4. Siratus alabaster (Reeve, 1845).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
5. Siratus articulatus (Reeve, 1845).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
6. Siratus beauii (Fischer & Bernardi, 1857).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
7. Siratus bessei (Houart, 2000).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
8. Siratus cailletti (Petit, 1856).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
9. Siratus carolynae (Vokes, 1990).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
10. Siratus caudacurtus (Houart, 1999).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
11. Siratus ciboney (Clench & Perez Farfante, 1945).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
12. Siratus colellai (Houart, 1999).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
13. Siratus coltrorum (Vokes, 1990).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
14. Siratus consuela (A. H. Verrill, 1950).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
15. Siratus formosus (Sowerby, 1841).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
16. Siratus guionneti (Merle, Garrigues & Pointier, 2001).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
17. Siratus hennequini (Houart, 2000).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
18. Siratus lamyi Merle & Garrigues, 2008.  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
19. Siratus motacilla (Gmelin, 1791).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
20. Siratus perelegans (Vokes, 1965).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
21. Siratus pliciferoides (Kuroda, 1942).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
22. Siratus senegalensis (Gmelin, 1791).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
23. Siratus springeri (Bullis, 1964).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
24. Siratus tenuivaricosus (Dautzenberg, 1927).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
25. Siratus thompsoni (Bullis, 1964).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
26. Siratus vokesorum (Garcia, 1999).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.

• Houart R. (2012) Description of a new species in the Siratus pliciferoides group (Gastropoda: Muricidae) from the Philippines. Novapex 13(1): 25-28

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