Perotrochus lucaya, common name the Lucayan slit shell, is a species of large sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pleurotomariidae, the slit snails.Bouchet, P. (2012). Perotrochus lucaya Bayer, 1965. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=467988 on 2013-02-16Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS)
Description The length of the shell varies between 25 mm and 60 mm.
The Lucayan slit shell feeds on sessile prey.
Distribution This species occurs in the Caribbean Sea off Venezuela and in the Atlantic Ocean off the Bahamas at depths between 275 m and 427 m.
References
External links Encyclopedia of Life GenBank (2 nucleotides; 0 proteins) USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection ITIS World Register of Marine Species