Bayerotrochus midas
| Bayerotrochus midas | |
|---|---|
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| 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] | |
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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.
References
- 1 2 Bayerotrochus midas (Bayer, 1966). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 13 March 2013.
- Williams S.T., Karube S. & Ozawa T. (2008) Molecular systematics of Vetigastropoda: Trochidae, Turbinidae and Trochoidea redefined. Zoologica Scripta 37: 483–506
- Rosenberg, G., F. Moretzsohn, and E. F. García. 2009. Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 579–699 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.
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