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Gastropoda Name Pleurotomariidae 

Bayerotrochus africanus (Tomlin, 1948)

Type of listing: Name in current use

Synonymy

   Perotrochus africanus
   Pleurotomaria africana Tomlin, 1948
   Pleurotomaria (Perotrochus) africana (Tomlin, 1948)
   Bayerotrochus africanus (Tomlin, 1948)

Distribution

Indoan Ocean coast of South Africa off Durban; Madagascar and NE to Andaman & Nicobar Islands. (Anseeuw1996).

  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificEast Africa
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificCentral and East Indian Ocean
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificEast AfricaSouth Africa
     Anseeuw, P. & Goto, Y. 1996. p. 44 
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificEast AfricaMadagascar
     Anseeuw, P. & Goto, Y. 1996. p. 45 
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificCentral and East Indian OceanEastern Indian OceanAndaman Sea
     Anseeuw, P. & Goto, Y. 1996. p. 45 
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificIndo-ChinaVietnam
     Hylleberg, J & Kilburn, R. N. 2003. p.20 

Keywords

depth: continental shelf [ from 145 metres; at about 160 metres in Andaman Sea ]
depth: continental slope [ to 369 metres; at about 300 metres off African coast ]

References

 Anseeuw, P. & Goto, Y. 1996. p.44-49 General reference
 Azuma, M. 1964.  Radula
 Hylleberg, J & Kilburn, R. N. 2003. p.20 General reference

Classification

  Animalia
    Mollusca
      Conchifera
        Visceroconcha
          Gastropoda
            Orthogastropoda
              Vetigastropoda
                Name Author, Year
                  Pleurotomarioidea
                    Pleurotomariidae
                      Bayerotrochus Harasewych, 2002
                        Bayerotrochus africanus (Tomlin, 1948)

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=34267) created by Mark Kitson on 2000-11-30. Record last updated by Peter Ulrik Middelfart on 2004-05-09.