Bayerius Explained

Bayerius is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Buccinidae, the true whelks.

Species

Species within the genus Bayerius include:

• Bayerius arnoldi (Lus, 1981)
• Bayerius fragilissimus (Dall, 1908)
• Bayerius holoserica (Lus, 1971)
• Bayerius inflatus Kantor, Kosyan, Sorokin, Herbert & Fedosov, 2020
• Bayerius knudseni (Bouchet & Warén, 1986)
• Bayerius nekrasovorum Kantor, Kosyan, Sorokin, Herbert & Fedosov, 2020
• Bayerius solidus (Lus, 1978)
• Bayerius ultraabyssalis (Lus, 1989)
• Bayerius zenkevitchi (Lus, 1975)

• Brought into synonymy:
• Bayerius peruvianus Warén & Bouchet, 2001: synonym of Bayerius zenkevitchi (Lus, 1975)

References

• lsson A. A. (1971). Mollusks from the Gulf of Panama collected by R/V John Elliott Pillsbury. Bulletin of Marine Science. 21(1): 35-92
• Lus V.J. (1971). A new genus and species of gastropod molluscs (family Buccinidae) from the ultra-abyssal of Kurile-Kamchatka Trench. [In Russian]. Trudy Instituta Okeanologii AN SSSR. 92: 61-72.
• Lus V.J. (1978). New genus and species of Buccinidae from the lower-abyssal zone of Idzu-Bonin Trench in Pacific zone. [in Russian]. Trudy Instituta Okeanologii
• Lus V.J. (1989). The deepest gastropods Buccinacea (Neogastropoda: Buccinacea). [in Russian]. Trudy Instituta Okeanologii [Transactions of the P.P. Shirshov institute of Oceanology]. 123: 151-164.

External links

• Kantor Y.I., Kosyan A., Sorokin P., Herbert D.G. & Fedosov A. (2020). Review of the abysso-hadal genus Bayerius (Gastropoda: Neogastropoda: Buccinidae) from the North-West Pacific, with description of two new species. Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers. 160: 103256