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Bayerotrochus africanus
Shell of Bayerotrochus africanus (specimen in MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Pleurotomariida
Family: Pleurotomariidae
Genus: Bayerotrochus
Species:
B. africanus
Binomial name
Bayerotrochus africanus
( Tomlin, 1948)
Synonyms [1]
  • Bayerotrochus africanus africanus ( Tomlin, 1948)
  • Perotrochus africanus ( Tomlin, 1948)
  • Pleurotomaria africana Tomlin, 1948

Bayerotrochus africanus, common name the South African slit shell, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Pleurotomariidae. [1]

Description

The shell grows to a length of 120 mm.

Distribution

This species is distributed along South Africa.

References

  • Williams S.T., Karube S. & Ozawa T. (2008) Molecular systematics of Vetigastropoda: Trochidae, Turbinidae and Trochoidea redefined. Zoologica Scripta 37: 483–506.
  • "Bayerotrochus africanus". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 3 April 2011.

Media related to Bayerotrochus africanus at Wikimedia Commons


From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
(Redirected from Perotrochus africanus)

Bayerotrochus africanus
Shell of Bayerotrochus africanus (specimen in MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Pleurotomariida
Family: Pleurotomariidae
Genus: Bayerotrochus
Species:
B. africanus
Binomial name
Bayerotrochus africanus
( Tomlin, 1948)
Synonyms [1]
  • Bayerotrochus africanus africanus ( Tomlin, 1948)
  • Perotrochus africanus ( Tomlin, 1948)
  • Pleurotomaria africana Tomlin, 1948

Bayerotrochus africanus, common name the South African slit shell, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Pleurotomariidae. [1]

Description

The shell grows to a length of 120 mm.

Distribution

This species is distributed along South Africa.

References

  • Williams S.T., Karube S. & Ozawa T. (2008) Molecular systematics of Vetigastropoda: Trochidae, Turbinidae and Trochoidea redefined. Zoologica Scripta 37: 483–506.
  • "Bayerotrochus africanus". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 3 April 2011.

Media related to Bayerotrochus africanus at Wikimedia Commons



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