Plesiotrochidae

Plesiotrochidae
Two shells of Plesiotrochus monachus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	incertae sedis
Superfamily:	Campaniloidea
Family:	Plesiotrochidae Houbrick, 1990

Plesiotrochidae is a family of sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the clade Sorbeoconcha. According to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi (2005) the family Plesiotrochidae has no subfamilies.

Genera

Genera within the family Plesiotrochidae include:

• Plesiotrochus P. Fischer, 1878
• Trochocerithium Sacco, 1897

Genera brought into synonymy

• Hemicerithium Cossmann, 1893: synonym of Plesiotrochus Fischer, 1878
• Hypotrochus Cotton, 1932: synonym of Plesiotrochus Fischer, 1878

References

• Houbrick R.S. 1990. Aspect of the anatomy of Plesiotrochus (Plesiotrochidae, fam. n.) and its systematic position in Cerithioidea (Prosobranchia Caenogastropoda). pp. 237–249, in: Wells F.E., Walker D.I., Kirkman H. & Letheridge R., eds., The marine fauna and flora of Albany. Volume 1. Perth, Western Australia Museum
• Healy J.M., 1993. Transfer of the gastropod family Plesiotrochidae to the Campaniloidea based on sperm ultrastructural evidence. Journal of Molluscan Studies 59, 135-146.

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