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]

Perotrochus lucaya
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Pleurotomariida
Superfamily: Pleurotomarioidea
Family: Pleurotomariidae
Genus: Perotrochus
Species:
P. lucaya
Binomial name
Perotrochus lucaya
Bayer, 1965[1]

Description

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

The Lucayan slit shell feeds on sessile prey.[2]

Distribution

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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

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