Bayerotrochus diluculum

Bayerotrochus diluculum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Mollusca
Class:Gastropoda
Clade:Vetigastropoda
Superfamily:Pleurotomarioidea
Family:Pleurotomariidae
Genus:Bayerotrochus
Species: B. diluculum
Binomial name
Bayerotrochus diluculum
(Okutani, 1979)
Synonyms[1]
  • Perotrochus diliculum Okutani, 1979

Bayerotrochus diluculum, common name the dawn slit shell, is a species of large sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pleurotomariidae, the slit snails.[1]

Description,

The length of the shell reaches 80 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off central Japan.

References

  1. 1 2 Bouchet, P. (2012). Bayerotrochus diluculum (Okutani, 1979). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=467978 on 2013-02-16


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