Bayerotrochus
| Bayerotrochus | |
|---|---|
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| Apertural view with operculum of a shell of Bayerotrochus westralis | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Vetigastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Pleurotomarioidea |
| Family: | Pleurotomariidae |
| Genus: | Bayerotrochus Harasewych, 2002 |
| Type species | |
| Perotrochus midas Bayer, 1965 | |
Bayerotrochus is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Pleurotomariidae.[1]
The generic name Bayerotrochus is in honor of marine biologist Frederick Bayer.[2]
The shells of the snails in this genus show a selenizone.
Species
Species within the genus Bayerotrochus include:[1]
- 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)[3]
- Bayerotrochus philpoppei Anseeuw, Poppe & Goto, 2006[4]
- Bayerotrochus poppei Anseeuw, 2003[5]
- Bayerotrochus pyramus (Bayer, 1967)
- Bayerotrochus tangaroanus (Bouchet & Métivier, 1982)
- Bayerotrochus teramachii (Kuroda, 1955)
- Bayerotrochus westralis (Whitehead, 1987)
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Bayerotrochus . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 9 September 2010.
- ↑ Cairns S. D. (2008). "Frederick M. Bayer – Commissioner 1972-1995, octocoral taxonomist and Smithsonian curator". Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 65(2): 86-87.
- ↑ Bayerotrochus midas (Bayer, 1966). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 11 April 2010.
- ↑ Bayerotrochus philpoppei Anseeuw, Poppe & Goto, 2006. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 11 April 2010.
- ↑ Bayerotrochus poppei Anseeuw, 2003. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 11 April 2010.
- Anseeuw P. (2010) Checklist of the family Pleurotomariidae