Priotrochus

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Priotrochus
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Priotrochus goudoti
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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
Synonyms [2]
  • Gibbula (Priotrochus)Fischer, 1880
  • Monilea (Priotrochus)Fischer, 1880
  • Trochus (Aphanotrochus)Martens, 1880
  • Trochus (Priotrochus)Fischer, 1880

Priotrochus is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Cantharidinae of the family Trochidae, the top snails. [2]

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Description

The shell has an elevated-conic shape. The columella is crenulate, not toothed. The umbilicus is narrow without spiral funicle. [3]

Species

Species within the genus Priotrochus include:

Species brought into synonymy

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References

  1. Fischer 1880 in Kiener & Fischer, Spec. Iconogr. Coquilles-Trochus etc., 420
  2. 1 2 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
  3. Tryon (1889), Manual of Conchology XI, Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia
  4. 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 .