Perotrochus anseeuwi | |
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Mikadotrochus anseeuwi in Endo Shell Museum | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
Superfamily: | Pleurotomarioidea |
Family: | Pleurotomariidae |
Genus: | Perotrochus |
Species: | P. anseeuwi |
Binomial name | |
Perotrochus anseeuwi Kanazawa & Goto, 1991 | |
Synonyms | |
Mikadotrochus anseeuwiKanazawa & Y. Goto, 1991 |
Perotrochus anseeuwi is a species of large sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pleurotomariidae, the slit snails. [1]
The length of the shell ranges between 30 and 90 mm (1.2 and 3.5 in).
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This marine species occurs off the Philippines.
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