Bayerotrochus pyramus

Bayerotrochus pyramus, common name the pyramus slit shell, is a species of large sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pleurotomariidae, the slit snails.^[2][3]

Bayerotrochus pyramus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Vetigastropoda
Order:	Pleurotomariida
Superfamily:	Pleurotomarioidea
Family:	Pleurotomariidae
Genus:	Bayerotrochus
Species:	B. pyramus
Binomial name
Bayerotrochus pyramus (Bayer, 1967)[1]
Synonyms[2]
Perotrochus pyramus Bayer, 1967

Description

The shell reaches a length of 64 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Lesser Antilles off Guadeloupe, St Lucia and Martinique at depths between 400 m and 560 m.