Perotrochus amabilis

Perotrochus amabilis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Pleurotomarioidea
Family: Pleurotomariidae
Genus: Perotrochus
Species: P. amabilis
Binomial name
Perotrochus amabilis
(Bayer, 1963) [1]
Synonyms
  • Mikadotrochus amabilis F. M. Bayer, 1963 (original combination)
  • Pleurotomaria amabilis (F. M. 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.


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