Priotrochus
{{Short description|Genus of gastropods}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| image = Priotrochus goudoti 001.jpg
| image_caption = Priotrochus goudoti
| taxon = Priotrochus
| authority = P. Fischer, 1879 Fischer 1880 in Kiener & Fischer, Spec. Iconogr. Coquilles-Trochus etc., 420
| synonyms =
- Gibbula (Priotrochus) Fischer, 1880
- Monilea (Priotrochus) Fischer, 1880
- Trochus (Aphanotrochus) Martens, 1880
- Trochus (Priotrochus) Fischer, 1880
|type_species = Trochus obscurus
|type_species_authority = Wood, 1828
|display_parents= 3
}}
Priotrochus is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Cantharidinae of the family Trochidae, the top snails.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
Description
The shell has an elevated-conic shape. The columella is crenulate, not toothed. The umbilicus is narrow without spiral funicle.[https://archive.org/details/manualofconcholo111tryo Tryon (1889), Manual of Conchology XI, Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia]
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){{WRMS species|546929|Priotrochus obscurus (Wood, 1828)|||Bouchet, P. (2010). Priotrochus obscurus (W. Wood, 1828). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at
http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=546929 on 13 March 2011}}
;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
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- 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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