Perotrochus

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Perotrochus
File:Perotrochus atlanticus.jpg
Apertural view of Perotrochus atlanticus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Pleurotomariida
Superfamily: Pleurotomarioidea
Family: Pleurotomariidae
Genus: Perotrochus
Fischer, 1885[1]
Type species
Perotrochus quoyana Fischer & Bernardi, 1856
Synonyms

Pleurotomaria (Perotrochus) Fischer 1885

Perotrochus is a genus of large sea snails with gills and an operculum, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Pleurotomariidae, the slit snails, (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005).

Description

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The shell has a conical shape. The base is not umbilicated. The whorls are striate or granulate. The anal fasciole is submedian or below the middle. The slit is short.[2]

Species

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Extant

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According to the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), the following species with valid names are included within the genus Perotrochus:[3]

Species brought into synonymy

Fossil

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References

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Bibliography

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Further reading

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  • Williams S.T., Karube S. & Ozawa T. (2008) Molecular systematics of Vetigastropoda: Trochidae, Turbinidae and Trochoidea redefined. Zoologica Scripta 37: 483–506
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