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Bayerotrochus

Bayerotrochus is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Pleurotomariidae.

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Bayerotrochus
Apertural view with operculum of a shell of Bayerotrochus westralis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Pleurotomariida
Family: Pleurotomariidae
Genus: Bayerotrochus
Harasewych, 2002
Type species
Perotrochus midas
Bayer, 1965
Species

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Bayerotrochus is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Pleurotomariidae.1

The generic name Bayerotrochus is in honor of marine biologist Frederick Bayer.2

The shells of the snails in this genus show a selenizone.

Species

Species within the genus Bayerotrochus include:1

References

References

  1. Bayerotrochus. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 9 September 2010.
  2. Cairns S. D. (2008). "Frederick M. Bayer – Commissioner 1972-1995, octocoral taxonomist and Smithsonian curator". Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 65(2): 86-87.
  3. Bayerotrochus midas (Bayer, 1966). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 11 April 2010.
  4. Bayerotrochus philpoppei Anseeuw, Poppe & Goto, 2006. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 11 April 2010.
  5. Bayerotrochus poppei Anseeuw, 2003. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 11 April 2010.
  6. Cossignani, T. (2018). "Bayerotrochus quiquandoni Nuova pleurotomaria dalla Cina". Malacologia Mostra Mondiale. 98: 32–33.
  • Anseeuw P. (2010) Checklist of the family Pleurotomariidae