Bayerotrochus

Updated on Nov 18, 2023

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Kingdom Animalia Class Gastropoda Family Pleurotomariidae		Phylum Mollusca Superfamily Pleurotomarioidea Rank Genus

Similar Bayerotrochus teramachii, Mikadotrochus, Bayerotrochus westralis, Mikadotrochus hirasei, Entemnotrochus

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Bayerotrochus is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Pleurotomariidae.

The generic name Bayerotrochus is in honor of marine biologist Frederick Bayer.

The shells of the snails in this genus show a selenizone.

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 (Bayer, 1966)

Bayerotrochus philpoppei Anseeuw, Poppe & Goto, 2006

Bayerotrochus poppei Anseeuw, 2003

Bayerotrochus pyramus (Bayer, 1967)

Bayerotrochus tangaroanus (Bouchet & Métivier, 1982)

Bayerotrochus teramachii (Kuroda, 1955)

Bayerotrochus westralis (Whitehead, 1987)

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