Perotrochus maureri

Perotrochus maureri is a species of large sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pleurotomariidae, the slit snails.^[2][3]

Perotrochus maureri
Perotrochus maureri in Endo Shell Museum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Vetigastropoda
Order:	Pleurotomariida
Superfamily:	Pleurotomarioidea
Family:	Pleurotomariidae
Genus:	Perotrochus
Species:	P. maureri
Binomial name
Perotrochus maureri Harasewych & Askew, 1993[1]
Synonyms
Perotrochus amabilis auct. non Bayer, 1963

Description

The length of the shell varies between 35 mm and 60 mm.

Base color ivory, with broad axial bands of pale brick red, and narrower bands of dark red. iridescent. Operculum small, multispiral, corneous.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off South Carolina and in the Gulf of Mexico off East Florida.