Perotrochus lucaya

Perotrochus lucaya
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Vetigastropoda
Order:
Superfamily:	Pleurotomarioidea
Family:	Pleurotomariidae
Genus:	Perotrochus
Species:	P. lucaya
Binomial name
	Perotrochus lucaya; Bayer, 1965

Perotrochus lucaya, common name the Lucayan slit shell, is a species of large sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pleurotomariidae, the slit snails.^[2]^[3]

Description[]

The length of the shell varies between 25 mm and 60 mm.

Distribution[]

This species occurs in the Caribbean Sea off Venezuela and in the Atlantic Ocean off the Bahamas at depths between 275 m and 427 m.

References[]

^ Bayer, F. M. 1966. New pleurotomariid gastropods from the Western Atlantic, with a summary of the recent species. Bulletin of Marine Science 15: 737-796.
^ Bouchet, P. (2012). Perotrochus lucaya Bayer, 1965. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=467988 on 2013-02-16
^ Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS)

External links[]

To Encyclopedia of Life
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 0 proteins)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To ITIS
To World Register of Marine Species
"Perotrochus lucaya". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.

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[1] Bayer, F. M. 1966. New pleurotomariid gastropods from the Western Atlantic, with a summary of the recent species. Bulletin of Marine Science 15: 737-796.

[WoRMS-2] Bouchet, P. (2012). Perotrochus lucaya Bayer, 1965. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=467988 on 2013-02-16

[3] Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS)

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