Bayerotrochus is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Pleurotomariidae.
The generic name Bayerotrochus is in honor of marine biologist Frederick Bayer.Cairns S. D. (2008). "Frederick M. Bayer – Commissioner 1972-1995, octocoral taxonomist and Smithsonian curator". Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 65(2): 86-87.
The shells of the snails in this genus show a selenizone.
Species Species within the genus Bayerotrochus include: Bayerotrochus africanus (Tomlin, 1948) Bayerotrochus boucheti (Anseeuw & Poppe, 2001) Bayerotrochus charlestonensis (Askew, 1988) Bayerotrochus diluculum (Okutani, 1979) Bayerotrochus indicus (Anseeuw, 1999) Bayerotrochus midas (Bayer, 1966) Bayerotrochus philpoppei Anseeuw, Poppe & Goto, 2006 Bayerotrochus poppei Anseeuw, 2003 Bayerotrochus pyramus (Bayer, 1967) Bayerotrochus quiquandoni Cossignani, 2018 Bayerotrochus tangaroanus (Bouchet & Métivier, 1982) Bayerotrochus teramachii (Kuroda, 1955) Bayerotrochus westralis (Whitehead, 1987)
References
Anseeuw P. (2010) Checklist of the family Pleurotomariidae