Siratus lamyi
Shell of Siratus lamyi (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
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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

The length of the shell attains 40.2 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off French Guyana

References

  • 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.


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