Bayerotrochus midas

Bayerotrochus midas, common name King Midas's slit shell, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pleurotomariidae.[1]

Bayerotrochus midas
Live animal of Bayerotrochus midas
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B. midas
Binomial name
Bayerotrochus midas
(Bayer, 1966)
Synonyms[1]
  • Perotrochus midas Bayer, 1965

Description

The size of the shell varies between 60 mm and 128 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico; in the Atlantic Ocean off the Bahamas.

References

  • Williams S.T., Karube S. & Ozawa T. (2008) Molecular systematics of Vetigastropoda: Trochidae, Turbinidae and Trochoidea redefined. Zoologica Scripta 37: 483–506
  • Rosenberg, G., F. Moretzsohn, and E. F. García. 2009. Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, pp. 579–699 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.
  • "Bayerotrochus midas". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 15 January 2019.


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