Bayerotrochus pyramus
Bayerotrochus pyramus, common name the pyramus slit shell, is a species of large sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pleurotomariidae, the slit snails.[2][3]
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Pleurotomarioidea |
| Family: | Pleurotomariidae |
| Genus: | Bayerotrochus |
| Species: | B. pyramus |
| Binomial name | |
| Bayerotrochus pyramus | |
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Description
The shell reaches a length of 64 mm.
Distribution
This marine species occurs in the Lesser Antilles off Guadeloupe, St Lucia and Martinique at depths between 400 m and 560 m.
References
- Bayer, F. M. 1967. Another new Western Atlantic pleurotomarian gastropod. Bulletin of Marine Science 17: 389-397
- Bouchet, P. (2012). Bayerotrochus pyramus (Bayer, 1967). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=467977 on 2013-02-16
- Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS)
External links
- To Encyclopedia of Life
- To World Register of Marine Species
- "Bayerotrochus pyramus". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 15 January 2019.
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