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Bayerotrochus pyramus

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Bayerotrochus pyramus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Pleurotomariida
Superfamily: Pleurotomarioidea
Family: Pleurotomariidae
Genus: Bayerotrochus
Species:
B. pyramus
Binomial name
Bayerotrochus pyramus
(Bayer, 1967)[1]
Synonyms[2]
  • Perotrochus pyramus Bayer, 1967

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]

Description

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The shell reaches a length of 64 mm.

Distribution

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This marine species occurs in the Lesser Antilles off Guadeloupe, St Lucia and Martinique at depths between 400 m and 560 m.

References

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  1. ^ Bayer, F. M. 1967. Another new Western Atlantic pleurotomarian gastropod. Bulletin of Marine Science 17: 389-397
  2. ^ a b 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
  3. ^ Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS)
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  • Encyclopedia of Life
  • World Register of Marine Species
  • "Bayerotrochus pyramus". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 15 January 2019.