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A Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca

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Gastropoda: Neogastropoda: Muricoidea: Muricinae

Siratus perelegans (E. H. Vokes, 1965)


Range: 18°N to 13°N; 72°W to 59.6°W
Depth: 61 to 120 m
Maximum Reported Size: 65  mm

Synonymy

Murex elegans Sowerby II, 1841
Murex cailleti auct. non Petit, 1856
Chicoreus perelegans E. H. Vokes, 1965

Details


Chicoreus (Siratus) perelegans E. H. Vokes, 1965, p. 196, [Sowerby II (1841b), pl. 192, fig. 84]
[Basis of the current name]
Type Locality: Unknown
Range: 18°N to 13°N; 72°W to 59.6°W
Depth: 61 to 120 m
Maximum Reported Size: 65 mm
Distribution: Haiti, Martinique, Barbados
References: E. H. Vokes (1965) M; Sunderland (1990a) d; Houart (1999) D
Comments: E. H. Vokes (1965) designated the specimen figured by Reeve (1845) as the lectotype, but there is not evidence that it was part of the type series.

Murex cailleti auct. non Petit, 1856, 
[Not available]
References: E. H. Vokes (1990b) s
Comments: Misidentification by Clench & Pérez Farfante (1945, in part).

Murex elegans Sowerby II, 1841a, p. 140, [Sowerby II (1841b): pl. 192, fig. 84]
[Synonym]
Attributed to: Beck
Type Locality: Unknown
Maximum Reported Size: 55 mm
References: Sowerby II (1841a) M
Comments: Non Donovan, 1804, nec Wood, 1828.


Partial List of References

Sowerby, G. B., II. 1841. Descriptions of some new species of Murex, principally from the collection of Hugh Cuming, Esq. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 8 137-147. [Stated date: -- --- 1840; true date: -- Jul 1841.]
Vokes, E. H. 1965. Cenozoic Muricidae of the Western Atlantic. Part II--Chicoreus sensu stricto and Chicoreus (Siratus) Tulane Studies in Geology 3 181-204. [Stated date: 22 Jun 1965.]

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