Bayerotrochus africanus | |
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Shell of Bayerotrochus africanus (specimen in MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
Order: | Pleurotomariida |
Family: | Pleurotomariidae |
Genus: | Bayerotrochus |
Species: | B. africanus
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Binomial name | |
Bayerotrochus africanus (
Tomlin, 1948)
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Synonyms [1] | |
Bayerotrochus africanus, common name the South African slit shell, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Pleurotomariidae. [1]
The shell grows to a length of 120 mm.
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This species is distributed along South Africa.
Media related to
Bayerotrochus africanus at Wikimedia Commons
Bayerotrochus africanus | |
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Shell of Bayerotrochus africanus (specimen in MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
Order: | Pleurotomariida |
Family: | Pleurotomariidae |
Genus: | Bayerotrochus |
Species: | B. africanus
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Binomial name | |
Bayerotrochus africanus (
Tomlin, 1948)
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Synonyms [1] | |
Bayerotrochus africanus, common name the South African slit shell, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Pleurotomariidae. [1]
The shell grows to a length of 120 mm.
![]() | This section needs expansion. You can help by
adding to it. (April 2011) |
This species is distributed along South Africa.
Media related to
Bayerotrochus africanus at Wikimedia Commons