Perotrochus lucaya

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Perotrochus lucaya
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Pleurotomariida
Superfamily: Pleurotomarioidea
Family: Pleurotomariidae
Genus: Perotrochus
Species:
P. lucaya
Binomial name
Perotrochus lucaya
Bayer, 1965 [1]

Perotrochus lucaya, common name the Lucayan slit shell, is a species of large sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pleurotomariidae, the slit snails. [2] [3]

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Description

The length of the shell varies between 25 mm and 60 mm.

The Lucayan slit shell feeds on sessile prey. [2]

Distribution

This species occurs in the Caribbean Sea off Venezuela and in the Atlantic Ocean off the Bahamas at depths between 275 m and 427 m.

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References

  1. Bayer, F. M. 1966. New pleurotomariid gastropods from the Western Atlantic, with a summary of the recent species. Bulletin of Marine Science 15: 737-796.
  2. 1 2 Bouchet, P. (2012). Perotrochus lucaya Bayer, 1965. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=467988 on 2013-02-16
  3. Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS)