Bayerotrochus
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Bayerotrochus is a genus
of sea snail
s, marine gastropod mollusks in the family
Pleurotomariidae
.
The generic name
Bayerotrochus is in honor of marine biologist Frederick Bayer
.
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of sea snail
Sea snail
Sea snail is a common name for those snails that normally live in saltwater, marine gastropod molluscs....
s, marine gastropod mollusks in the family
Family (biology)
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Pleurotomariidae
Pleurotomariidae
Pleurotomariidae, common name the '"slit snails", is a family of large marine gastropods in the clade Vetigastropoda. This family is very ancient; there were numerous species in the geological past. It is currently represented by a group of species that live only in deep water...
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The generic name
Generic name
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Bayerotrochus is in honor of marine biologist Frederick Bayer
Frederick Bayer
Frederick Merkle Bayer was the emeritus curator of the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of Natural History, as well as a prominent marine biologist who specialized in the study of soft corals.-Early life:...
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Species
Species within the genus Bayerotrochus include:- Bayerotrochus africanusBayerotrochus africanusBayerotrochus africanus, common name the South African Slit Shell, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pleurotomariidae.-References:...
(Tomlin, 1948) - Bayerotrochus boucheti (Anseeuw & Poppe, 2001)
- Bayerotrochus diluculum (Okutani, 1979)
- Bayerotrochus indicus (Anseeuw, 1999)
- Bayerotrochus midasBayerotrochus midasBayerotrochus midas is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pleurotomariidae....
(Bayer, 1966) - Bayerotrochus philpoppeiBayerotrochus philpoppeiBayerotrochus philpoppei is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pleurotomariidae....
Anseeuw, Poppe & Goto, 2006 - Bayerotrochus poppeiBayerotrochus poppeiBayerotrochus poppei is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pleurotomariidae....
Anseeuw, 2003 - Bayerotrochus pyramus (Bayer, 1967)
- Bayerotrochus tangaroanusBayerotrochus tangaroanusBayerotrochus tangaroanus, common name : the Tangaroan Slit Shell, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pleurotomariidae.-Description:...
(Bouchet & Métivier, 1982) - Bayerotrochus teramachiiBayerotrochus teramachiiBayerotrochus teramachii, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pleurotomariidae.-Description:The shell has a depressed turbinate shape with an apical spire angle of approximately 98 degrees, with inflated body whorls that are exponential in expansion, a clearly...
(Kuroda, 1955) - Bayerotrochus westralisBayerotrochus westralisBayerotrochus westralis, commonly known as "Australia's split shell", is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pleurotomariidae.-Description:...
(Whitehead, 1987)