Siratus bessei is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.
Description 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 This marine species occurs off Honduras.
References
Houart, R. (2014). Living Muricidae of the world. Muricinae. Murex, Promurex, Haustellum, Bolinus, Vokesimurex and Siratus. Harxheim: ConchBooks. 197 pp.
External links Houart, R. (2000). Description of two new species of Chicoreus (Siratus) (Gastropoda, Muricidae) from Honduras and Nicaragua. Novapex. 1 (3-4): 75-82