Priotrochus

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Kingdom Animalia Class Gastropoda Superfamily Trochoidea Rank Genus		Phylum Mollusca Clade Vetigastropoda Family Trochidae
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Priotrochus is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in 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 within the genus Priotrochus include:

Priotrochus aniesae Moolenbeek & Dekker, 1992

Priotrochus goudoti (Fischer, 1878)

Priotrochus iris Herbert, 1988

Priotrochus kotschyi (Philippi, 1849)

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 sepulchralis Melvill, 1899: synonym of Priotrochus obscurus obscurus (Wood, 1828)

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