Bayerius zenkevitchi is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Buccinidae, the true whelks.[1]

Bayerius zenkevitchi
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B. zenkevitchi
Binomial name
Bayerius zenkevitchi
(Lus, 1975)
Synonyms
  • Bayerius peruvianus Warén & Bouchet, 2001
  • Tacita zenkevitchi Lus, 1975 (original combination)

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This abyssal marine species was found in the Peru-Chile Trench at 5200–6040 m.

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  1. ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Bayerius zenkevitchi (Lus, 1975). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1426018 on 2020-09-20
  • Lus V.J. (1975). New species of molluscs - Tacita zenkevitchi (Buccinidae) from the lower-abyssal of Peru-Chile Trench region, with description of the egg capsules and some stages of ontogenesis. [In Russian]. Trudy Instituta Okeanologii AN SSSR. 103: 162–178.

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