''Bayerotrochus'' is a

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Pleurotomariidae Pleurotomariidae, common name the "slit snails", is a family of large marine gastropods in the superfamily Pleurotomarioidea of the subclass Vetigastropoda. This family is a very ancient lineage; there were numerous species in the geological pas ...

. The generic name ''Bayerotrochus'' is in honor of

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The shells of the snails in this genus show a

selenizone A selenizone (from the Greek "selene" meaning "moon", and "zone" meaning "girdle") is an anatomical structure that exists in the shells of some families of living sea snails: the slit shells, the little slit shells and the abalones, which are m ...

Species

Species within the genus ''Bayerotrochus'' include: *'' Bayerotrochus africanus'' ( Tomlin, 1948) *'' Bayerotrochus boucheti'' (Anseeuw & Poppe, 2001) *'' Bayerotrochus charlestonensis'' (Askew, 1988) *'' Bayerotrochus diluculum'' (Okutani, 1979) *'' Bayerotrochus indicus'' (Anseeuw, 1999) *'' Bayerotrochus midas'' (

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, 1966) *'' Bayerotrochus philpoppei'' Anseeuw, Poppe & Goto, 2006 *'' Bayerotrochus poppei'' Anseeuw, 2003 *'' Bayerotrochus pyramus'' (

, 1967) *'' Bayerotrochus quiquandoni'' Cossignani, 2018 *'' Bayerotrochus tangaroanus'' (Bouchet & Métivier, 1982) *'' Bayerotrochus teramachii'' (

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Bayerotrochus westralis ''Bayerotrochus westralis'', commonly known as "Australia's split shell", is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family (biology), family Pleurotomariidae. Description The shell has a turbinate shape with an apical spire ...

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References

* Anseeuw P. (2010) ''Checklist of the family Pleurotomariidae''

External links

* Pleurotomariidae {{Pleurotomariidae-stub