Plesiotrochus is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Plesiotrochidae.[1]
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| Plesiotrochus monachus | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Family: | Plesiotrochidae |
| Genus: | Plesiotrochus Fischer, 1878 |
| Type species | |
| Plesiotrochus souverbianus Fischer, 1878 | |
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Plesiotrochus was originally placed in the superfamily Cerithioidea but was subsequently transferred to the superfamily Campaniloidea by Healy (1993).[2]
Description
editThe shell have an elongate, conical shape. Their length of rather small (between 5 mm and 10 mm, with one species up to 24 mm). The imperforate whorls are flat to concave. The subrhomboidal aperture is smooth within and prolonged by a short siphonal canal. The outer lip is subrostrate in the middle. The columella and the siphonal canal are twisted. The sculpture shows conspicuous ribs with varices or just spirals. The operculum is eccentric.[3]
Distribution
editThe species occur in the Indo-Pacific.
Species
editSpecies within the genus Plesiotrochus include:
- Plesiotrochus acutangulus (Yokoyama, 1924)
- Plesiotrochus calliostomoides (Thiele, 1929)
- Plesiotrochus crinitus Thiele, 1930
- † Plesiotrochus fallax Grateloup 1832
- Plesiotrochus fischeri E. A. Smith, 1909
- Plesiotrochus luteus (Gould, 1861)
- Plesiotrochus monachus (Crosse & Fischer, 1864)
- Plesiotrochus pagodiformis Hedley, 1907
- Plesiotrochus paucicostatus Kilburn, 1975
- Plesiotrochus penetricinctus (Cotton, 1932)
- Plesiotrochus souverbianus Fischer, 1878 [4]
- † Plesiotrochus stephanense Cossmann and Peyrot 1922
- Species brought into synonymy
- Plesiotrochus exilis Pease, W.H., 1867: synonym of Plesiotrochus souverbianus Fischer, 1878
- Plesiotrochus nipponkaiensis Habe & Masuda, 1990: synonym of Ittibittium nipponkaiense (Habe & Masuda, 1990)
- Plesiotrochus penitricinctus [sic] : synonym of Plesiotrochus penetricinctus (Cotton, 1932)
- Plesiotrochus unicinctus Adams, A., 1853: synonym of Plesiotrochus souverbianus Fischer, 1878
References
edit- ^ Plesiotrochus Fischer, 1878. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 28 June 2013.
- ^ Healy,J.M. 1993. Transfer of the gastropod family Plesiotrochidae to the Campaniloidea based on sperm ultrastructural evidence. Journal ol Molluscan Studies 59(2):135-146.
- ^ Tryon (1887), Manual of Conchology IX – Solariidae (by William B. Marshall), Ianthinidae, Trichotropidae, Scalariidae, Cerithiidae, Rissoidae, Littorinidae
- ^ Plesiotrochus souverbianus. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 17 May 2010.
- Houbrick R.S. 1990. Aspect of the anatomy of Plesiotrochus (Plesiotrochidae, fam. n.) and its systematic position in Cerithioidea (Prosobranchia Caenogastropoda). pp. 237–249, in: Wells F.E., Walker D.I., Kirkman H. & Letheridge R., eds., The marine fauna and flora of Albany. Volume 1. Perth, Western Australia Museum. page(s): 238
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