''Bayerotrochus boucheti'' is a
species of
sea snail
Sea snail is a common name for slow-moving marine gastropod molluscs, usually with visible external shells, such as whelk or abalone. They share the taxonomic class Gastropoda with slugs, which are distinguished from snails primarily by the ...
, a marine
gastropod
The gastropods (), commonly known as snails and slugs, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda ().
This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, from freshwater, and from land. T ...
mollusc
Mollusca is the second-largest phylum of invertebrate animals after the Arthropoda, the members of which are known as molluscs or mollusks (). Around 85,000 extant species of molluscs are recognized. The number of fossil species is esti ...
in the
family 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 ...
.
;Subspecies:
* ''Bayerotrochus boucheti boucheti''
(Anseeuw & Poppe, 2001)
* ''Bayerotrochus boucheti mirificus''
Anseeuw, 2016
Description
The length of the shell varies between 60 mm and 70 mm.
Distribution
This marine species occurs off
Norfolk Ridge, New Caledonia.
References
* Anseeuw P. & Poppe G. (2001). ''Description of Perotrochus boucheti sp. nov. from the South Pacific (Gastropoda: Pleurotomariidae).'' Novapex 2(4): 125-131
* Anseeuw P. (2016). ''Two new pleurotomariid subspecies from the South Pacific (Gastropoda: Pleurotomariidae)''. Visaya. 4(5): 43-57
External links
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Pleurotomariidae
Gastropods described in 2001
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