Perotrochus
Appearance
Perotrochus | |
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Apertural view of Perotrochus atlanticus | |
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(unranked): | clade Vetigastropoda
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Genus: | Perotrochus |
Type species | |
Perotrochus quoyanus (Fischer & Bernardi, 1856) |
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
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
According to the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), the following species with valid names are included within the genus Perotrochus:[3]
- Perotrochus amabilis (Bayer, 1963)
- Perotrochus anseeuwi Kanazawa & Goto, 1991
- Perotrochus atlanticus Rios & Matthews, 1968
- Perotrochus deforgesi Métivier, 1990
- Perotrochus lucaya Bayer, 1965
- Perotrochus maureri Harasewych & Askew, 1993
- Perotrochus metivieri Anseeuw & Goto, 1995
- Perotrochus oishii (Shikama, 1973)
- Perotrochus quoyanus (Fischer & Bernardi, 1856)
- Perotrochus tosatoi Anseeuw, Goto & Abdi, 2005
- Perotrochus vicdani Kosuge, 1980
- Species brought into synonymy
- Perotrochus africanus (Tomlin, 1948): synonym of Bayerotrochus africanus (Tomlin, 1948)
- Perotrochus boucheti Anseeuw & Poppe, 2001: synonym of Bayerotrochus boucheti (Anseeuw & Poppe, 2001)
- Perotrochus caledonicus Bouchet & Metivier, 1982: synonym of Mikadotrochus caledonicus (Bouchet & Métivier, 1982)
- Perotrochus charlestonensis Askew, 1987: synonym of Bayerotrochus charlestonensis (Askew, 1988)
- Perotrochus diliculum Okutani, 1979: synonym of Bayerotrochus diluculum (Okutani, 1979)
- Perotrochus gotoi Anseeuw, 1990: synonym of Mikadotrochus gotoi (Anseeuw, 1990)
- Perotrochus hirasei (Pilsbry, 1903): synonym of Mikadotrochus hirasei (Pilsbry, 1903)
- Perotrochus indicus Anseeuw, 1999: synonym of Bayerotrochus indicus (Anseeuw, 1999)
- Perotrochus midas Bayer, 1965: synonym of Bayerotrochus midas (Bayer, 1965)
- Perotrochus poppei Anseeuw, 2003: synonym of Bayerotrochus poppei Anseeuw, 2003
- Perotrochus pyramus Bayer, 1967: synonym of Bayerotrochus pyramus (Bayer, 1967)
- Perotrochus tangaroanus Bouchet & Métivier, 1982: synonym of Bayerotrochus tangaroanus (Bouchet & Métivier, 1982)
- Perotrochus teramachii Kuroda, 1955: synonym of Bayerotrochus teramachii (Kuroda, 1955)
- Perotrochus westralis (Whitehead, 1987): synonym of Bayerotrochus westralis (Whitehead, 1987)
References
- ^ Fischer (1885). Man. Conch.: 850.
- ^ G.W. Tryon (1890), Manual of Conchology vol. XII
- ^ WoRMS : Perotrochus; accessed : 9 September 2010
- Williams S.T., Karube S. & Ozawa T. (2008) Molecular systematics of Vetigastropoda: Trochidae, Turbinidae and Trochoidea redefined. Zoologica Scripta 37: 483–506