Bayerotrochus boucheti

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Bayerotrochus boucheti is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Pleurotomariidae.[2]

Bayerotrochus boucheti
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Pleurotomariida
Family: Pleurotomariidae
Genus: Bayerotrochus
Species:
B. boucheti
Binomial name
Bayerotrochus boucheti
(Anseeuw & Poppe, 2001)[1]
Synonyms[2]
  • Perotrochus boucheti Anseeuw & Poppe, 2001 (original combination)
Subspecies
  • Bayerotrochus boucheti boucheti (Anseeuw & Poppe, 2001)
  • Bayerotrochus boucheti mirificus Anseeuw, 2016

Description

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The length of the shell varies between 60 mm and 70 mm.

Distribution

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This marine species occurs off Norfolk Ridge, New Caledonia.

References

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  • Anseeuw P. & Poppe G. (2001). Description of Perotrochus boucheti sp. nov. from the South Pacific (Gastropoda: Pleurotomariidae). Novapex 2(4): 125-131
  • Anseeuw P. (2016). Two new pleurotomariid subspecies from the South Pacific (Gastropoda: Pleurotomariidae). Visaya. 4(5): 43-57
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  • "Bayerotrochus boucheti". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 15 January 2019.

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