Perotrochus amabilis

Perotrochus amabilis
Perotrochus amabilis in Endo Shell Museum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Pleurotomariida
Family: Pleurotomariidae
Genus: Perotrochus
Species:
P. amabilis
Binomial name
Perotrochus amabilis
(Bayer, 1963) [1]
Synonyms
  • Mikadotrochus amabilis Bayer, 1963 (original combination)
  • Pleurotomaria amabilis (Bayer, 1963)

Perotrochus amabilis, common name the lovely slit shell, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pleurotomariidae.[2]

Description

The length of the shell varies between 50 mm and 93 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Gulf of Mexico, the Caribbean Sea; in the Atlantic Ocean from Florida to Brazil.

References

  1. ^ Bayer, F. M. 1963. A new pleurotomariid gastropod trawled in the straits of Florida by R/V Gerda. Bulletin of Marine Science of the Gulf and Caribbean 13: 488–492.
  2. ^ Perotrochus amabilis (Bayer, 1963). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 11 April 2010.
  • "Perotrochus amabilis amabilis". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.


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