Kingdom Animalia Class Gastropoda Family Pleurotomariidae Scientific name Bayerotrochus midas | Phylum Mollusca Superfamily Pleurotomarioidea Genus Bayerotrochus Rank Species | |
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Similar Perotrochus atlanticus, Bayerotrochus, Perotrochus quoyanus, Bayerotrochus westralis, Mikadotrochus beyrichii | ||
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Bayerotrochus midas, common name King Midas's slit shell, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pleurotomariidae.
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Description
The size of the shell varies between 60 mm and 128 mm.
Distribution
This species occurs in the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico; in the Atlantic Ocean off the Bahamas.
References
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