Priotrochus

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

Priotrochus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Trochidae
Genus: Priotrochus
P. Fischer, 1879 [1]
Type species
Trochus obscurus
Wood, 1828
Synonyms[2]
  • Aphanotrochus Martens, 1880
  • Gibbula (Priotrochus) Fischer, 1880
  • Monilea (Priotrochus) Fischer, 1880
  • Trochus (Aphanotrochus) Martens, 1880
  • Trochus (Priotrochus) Fischer, 1880

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
  • 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 sepulchralis Melvill, 1899: synonym of Priotrochus obscurus obscurus (Wood, 1828)

References
  1. Fischer 1880 in Kiener & Fischer, Spec. Iconogr. Coquilles-Trochus etc., 420
  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 .
  • 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.
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