Bayerotrochus midas

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Bayerotrochus midas
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Live animal of Bayerotrochus midas
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Pleurotomariida
Family: Pleurotomariidae
Genus: Bayerotrochus
Species:
B. midas
Binomial name
Bayerotrochus midas
(Bayer, 1966)
Synonyms [1]
  • Perotrochus midas Bayer, 1965

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

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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.

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