Priotrochus

Priotrochus
Priotrochus goudoti
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Vetigastropoda
Order:	Trochida
Superfamily:	Trochoidea
Family:	Trochidae
Subfamily:	Cantharidinae
Genus:	Priotrochus P. Fischer, 1879
Type species
Trochus obscurus Wood, 1828
Synonyms
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.

Description

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

Species

Species within the genus Priotrochus include:

• Priotrochus aniesae Moolenbeek & Dekker, 1992
• Priotrochus goudoti (Fischer, 1878)
• Priotrochus iris Herbert, 1988
• Priotrochus obscurus (W. Wood, 1828)

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

• 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.