Perotrochus deforgesi | |
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Perotrochus deforgesi in Endo Shell Museum | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
Order: | Pleurotomariida |
Superfamily: | Pleurotomarioidea |
Family: | Pleurotomariidae |
Genus: | Perotrochus |
Species: | P. deforgesi |
Binomial name | |
Perotrochus deforgesi Métivier, 1990 | |
Synonyms | |
Mikadotrochus deforgesiMétivier, 1990 |
Perotrochus deforgesi is a species of large sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pleurotomariidae, the slit snails. [1] [2]
The length of the shell varies between 20 mm and 40 mm.
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This species occurs on the continental slope at depths between 350 m and 580 m in the Coral Sea.
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