Priotrochus
Genus of gastropods
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Priotrochus is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Cantharidinae of the family Trochidae, the top snails.[2]
| Priotrochus | |
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| 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 [1] |
| Type species | |
| Trochus obscurus Wood, 1828 | |
| Synonyms[2] | |
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Description
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)[4]
- 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)