Perotrochus amabilis

Perotrochus amabilis
	Perotrochus amabilis in Endo Shell Museum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Vetigastropoda
Superfamily:	Pleurotomarioidea
Family:	Pleurotomariidae
Genus:	Perotrochus
Species:	P. amabilis
Binomial name
	Perotrochus amabilis; (Bayer, 1963)
Synonyms
	Mikadotrochus amabilis Bayer, 1963 (original combination); Pleurotomaria amabilis (Bayer, 1963);

Perotrochus amabilis, common name the lovely slit shell, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pleurotomariidae.^[2]

Description

The length of the shell varies between 50 mm and 93 mm.

This marine species occurs in the Gulf of Mexico, the Caribbean Sea; in the Atlantic Ocean from Florida to Brazil.

^ Bayer, F. M. 1963. A new pleurotomariid gastropod trawled in the straits of Florida by R/V Gerda. Bulletin of Marine Science of the Gulf and Caribbean 13: 488–492.
^ Perotrochus amabilis (Bayer, 1963). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 11 April 2010.

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