Figure 1.  The Midas Slit Shell.  Bayerotrochus midas.

Figure 1. The Midas Slit Shell. Bayerotrochus midas. Crawling along the underside of an overhanding rim of a rock wall at a depth of 1,400 ft. along the walls of Jordan Sinkhole, Portales Terrace, off the Florida Keys. Image courtesy of Brooke et al, NOAA-OE, HBOI.

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