Bayerotrochus midas, common name King Midas's slit shell, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pleurotomariidae.[1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
| Order: | Pleurotomariida |
| Family: | Pleurotomariidae |
| Genus: | Bayerotrochus |
| Species: | B. midas
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| Binomial name | |
| Bayerotrochus midas (Bayer, 1966)
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Description edit
The size of the shell varies between 60 mm and 128 mm. Dead Bayerotrochus midas can form shallow marine sediments, and can grow at least as long as 78.9mm.[2]
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Distribution edit
This species occurs in the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico; in the Atlantic Ocean off the Bahamas.
References edit
- ^ a b Bayerotrochus midas (Bayer, 1966). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 13 March 2013.
- ^ "Bayerotrochus midas (Bayer 1965) - Encyclopedia of Life". eol.org. Retrieved 12 March 2022.
- Williams S.T., Karube S. & Ozawa T. (2008) Molecular systematics of Vetigastropoda: Trochidae, Turbinidae and Trochoidea redefined. Zoologica Scripta 37: 483–506
- Rosenberg, G., F. Moretzsohn, and E. F. García. 2009. Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, pp. 579–699 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.
External links edit
- "Bayerotrochus midas". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 15 January 2019.