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Perotrochus
Sign in to savePerotrochus is a genus of large sea snails with gills and an operculum, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Pleurotomariidae, the slit snails, (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005).
Species
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumMollusca
- ClassGastropoda
- OrderPleurotomariida
- FamilyPleurotomariidae
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 109
- With media
- 12
- Family
- Pleurotomariidae
- Collections
- RBINS-SCIENTIFIC HERITAGE, DMNS, USNM, YPM, KU, HBOI-FAU
- Recorded in
- Madagascar, Australia, British Virgin Islands, South Africa, Philippines, United States, Taiwan, Japan
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Encyclopedic overview
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Perotrochus is a genus of large sea snails with gills and an operculum, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Pleurotomariidae, the slit snails, (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005).
==Description== The shell has a conical shape. The base is not umbilicated. The whorls are striate or granulate. The anal fasciole is submedian or below the middle. The slit is short.
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