Bayerotrochus midas

Bayerotrochus midas
Live animal of Bayerotrochus midas
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Pleurotomarioidea
Family: Pleurotomariidae
Genus: Bayerotrochus
Species: B. midas
Binomial name
Bayerotrochus midas
(Bayer, 1966)
Synonyms[1]

Perotrochus midas Bayer, 1965

Bayerotrochus midas, common name King Midas's slit shell, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pleurotomariidae.[1]

Description

The size of the shell varies between 60 mm and 128 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico; in the Atlantic Ocean off the Bahamas.

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