| Perotrochus quoyanus | |
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| Drawing with an apertural view of a shell of Perotrochus quoyanus | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
| Order: | Pleurotomariida |
| Superfamily: | Pleurotomarioidea |
| Family: | Pleurotomariidae |
| Genus: | Perotrochus |
| Species: | P. quoyanus
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| Binomial name | |
| Perotrochus quoyanus | |
Perotrochus quoyanus is a species of large sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pleurotomariidae, the slit snails.[2][3]
- Subspecies
- Perotrochus quoyanus insularis Okutani & Goto, 1985 (synonym: Perotrochus insularis Okutani & Goto, 1985 )
- Perotrochus quoyanus quoyanus (P. Fischer & Bernardi, 1856) (synonyms: Pleurotomaria quoyana Fischer & Bernardi, 1856; Perotrochus gemma F. M. Bayer, 1966; Perotrochus coltrorum Rios, 2003)
- ^ Fischer & Bernardi, Journ. de Conchyl. v, p. 165, t. 5, f.1-3, 1856
- ^ Bouchet, P.; Rosenberg, G. (2012). Perotrochus quoyanus (P. Fischer & Bernardi, 1856). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=467973 on 2013-02-16
- ^ Turgeon, D.D., et al. 1998. Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates of the United States and Canada. American Fisheries Society Special Publication 26