| Bayerotrochus africanus | |
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| Shell of Bayerotrochus africanus (specimen in MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | † Pleurotomariida |
| Family: | Pleurotomariidae |
| Genus: | Bayerotrochus |
| Species: | B. africanus |
| Binomial name | |
| Bayerotrochus africanus (Tomlin, 1948) | |
| 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.
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