Kingdom Animalia Class Gastropoda Superfamily Pleurotomarioidea Rank Species | Phylum Mollusca Clade Vetigastropoda Family Pleurotomariidae | |
Similar Bayerotrochus westralis, Mikadotrochus beyrichii, Mikadotrochus, Bayerotrochus, Mikadotrochus hirasei | ||
Mikadotrochus salmianus, common name the Salmiana slit shell, is a species of large sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pleurotomariidae, the slit snails.
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Description
The length of the shell varies between 60 mm and 120 mm.
Distribution
This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean off Japan and the Philippines.
References
Mikadotrochus salmianus Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA