Perotrochus
Perotrochus is a genus of large sea snails with gills and an operculum, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Pleurotomariidae, the slit snails, (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005).
7 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Perotrochus quoyanus
speciesPerotrochus quoyanus
lovely slit shell
speciesPerotrochus amabilis
Perotrochus lucaya
speciesPerotrochus lucaya
Atlantic slit shell
speciesPerotrochus atlanticus
Perotrochus maureri
speciesPerotrochus maureri
Perotrochus tosatoi
speciesPerotrochus tosatoi
Perotrochus pyramus
speciesPerotrochus pyramus
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 246952.