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 | |
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Perotrochus midas Bayer, 1965 |
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Bayerotrochus is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Pleurotomariidae.
The generic name Bayerotrochus is in honor of marine biologist Frederick Bayer.
The shells of the snails in this genus show a selenizone.
Species within the genus Bayerotrochus include:
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