Siratus bessei

Siratus bessei
	Shell of Siratus bessei (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda; clade Hypsogastropoda; clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Muricoidea
Family:	Muricidae
Subfamily:	Muricinae
Genus:	Siratus
Species:	S. bessei
Binomial name
	Siratus bessei; (Houart, 2000)
Synonyms
	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.

External links[edit]

Houart, R. (2000). Description of two new species of Chicoreus (Siratus) (Gastropoda, Muricidae) from Honduras and Nicaragua. Novapex. 1 (3-4): 75-82

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[WoRMS-1] Siratus bessei (Houart, 2000). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 April 2010.

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