Perotrochus

Perotrochus
Apertural view of Perotrochus atlanticus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Pleurotomariida
Superfamily: Pleurotomarioidea
Family: Pleurotomariidae
Genus: Perotrochus
Fischer, 1885
Type species
Perotrochus quoyana Fischer & Bernardi, 1856
Synonyms

Pleurotomaria (Perotrochus) Fischer 1885

Perotrochus is a genus of large sea snails with gills and an operculum, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Pleurotomariidae, the slit snails, (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005).

Description

The shell has a conical shape. The base is not umbilicated. The whorls are striate or granulate. The anal fasciole is submedian or below the middle. The slit is short.

Species

Extant

According to the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), the following species with valid names are included within the genus Perotrochus:

Species brought into synonymy

Fossil

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