Bayerotrochus

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

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

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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]

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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


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