Priotrochus is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Cantharidinae of the family Trochidae, the top snails.[2]
| Priotrochus | |
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| Priotrochus goudoti | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
| Order: | Trochida |
| Superfamily: | Trochoidea |
| Family: | Trochidae |
| Subfamily: | Cantharidinae |
| Genus: | Priotrochus P. Fischer, 1879 [1] |
| Type species | |
| Trochus obscurus Wood, 1828
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| Synonyms[2] | |
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Description edit
The shell has an elevated-conic shape. The columella is crenulate, not toothed. The umbilicus is narrow without spiral funicle.[3]
Species edit
Species within the genus Priotrochus include:
- Priotrochus aniesae Moolenbeek & Dekker, 1992
- Priotrochus goudoti (Fischer, 1878)
- Priotrochus iris Herbert, 1988
- Priotrochus obscurus (W. Wood, 1828)[4]
- Species brought into synonymy
- Priotrochus alexandri Tomlin, 1926: synonym of Priotrochus obscurus ponsonbyi (G. B. Sowerby, 1888)
- Priotrochus chrysolaemus (Martens, 1880): synonym of Priotrochus goudoti (Fischer, 1878)
- Priotrochus incertus Schepman, 1908: synonym of Tibatrochus incertus (Schepman, 1908)
- Priotrochus kotschyi (Philippi, 1849): synonym of Trochus kotschyi Philippi, 1849
- Priotrochus sepulchralis Melvill, 1899: synonym of Priotrochus obscurus obscurus (Wood, 1828)
References edit
- ^ Fischer 1880 in Kiener & Fischer, Spec. Iconogr. Coquilles-Trochus etc., 420
- ^ a b Bouchet, P. (2012). Priotrochus P. Fischer, 1879. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=512286 on 2012-06-21
- ^ Tryon (1889), Manual of Conchology XI, Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia
- ^ Priotrochus obscurus (Wood, 1828). Bouchet, P. (2010). Priotrochus obscurus (W. Wood, 1828). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species athttp://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=546929 on 13 March 2011 .
- Herbert D.G. (1988). A new species of Priotrochus (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Trochidae) from south-east Africa. Annals of the Natal Museum 29(2):503-507.