Two new species of the genus Chicoreus (Siratus) (Gastropoda : Muricidae) from the western Atlantic.

Authors
Houart, R
Citation
R. Houart, Two new species of the genus Chicoreus (Siratus) (Gastropoda : Muricidae) from the western Atlantic., NAUTILUS, 113(4), 1999, pp. 121-126
Citations number
8
Categorie Soggetti
Aquatic Sciences
Journal title
NAUTILUS
ISSN journal
00281344 → ACNP
Volume
113
Issue
4
Year of publication
1999
Pages
121 - 126
Database
ISI
SICI code
0028-1344(199912)113:4<121:TNSOTG>2.0.ZU;2-D
Abstract
Two new species of the family Muricidae are described. Chicoreus (Siratus) colellai, from off Veracruz, eastern Mexico, is compared with C. (S.) artic ulatus (Reeve, 1845), and differs from this latter species in many aspects. C. (S.) caudacurta, from off Puerto Rico, is somewhat similar to C. (S.) b eauii (Fischer & Bernardi 1857), but differs in having a broad, paucispiral protoconch, a higher spire,and a shorter siphonal canal.