Siratus is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the subfamily Muricinae of the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.

Species

Species within the genus Siratus include:

Species brought into synonymy

  • Siratus gallinago (G. B. Sowerby III, 1903): synonym of Vokesimurex gallinago (G. B. Sowerby III, 1903)
  • Siratus hirasei Shikama, 1973: synonym of Siratus pliciferoides (Kuroda, 1942)
  • Siratus vicdani Kosuge, 1980 : synonym of Siratus pliciferoides (Kuroda, 1942)
  • Merle D., Garrigues B. & Pointier J.-P. (2011) Fossil and Recent Muricidae of the world. Part Muricinae. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 648
  • Houart R. (2012) Description of a new species in the Siratus pliciferoides group (Gastropoda: Muricidae) from the Philippines. Novapex 13(1): 25-28
  • Houart, R. (2014). Living Muricidae of the world. Muricinae. Murex, Promurex, Haustellum, Bolinus, Vokesimurex and Siratus. Harxheim: ConchBooks. 197 pp.

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