African Register of Marine Species (AfReMaS) - Priotrochus P. Fischer, 1879

WoRMS taxon details

Priotrochus P. Fischer, 1879

AphiaID

512286 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:512286)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Type taxon

Trochus obscurus W. Wood, 1828 accepted as Priotrochus obscurus (W. Wood, 1828) (type by subsequent designation)

Parent

Cantharidinae J. E. Gray, 1857

Synonymised names

Gibbula (Priotrochus) P. Fischer, 1879 · unaccepted

Monilea (Priotrochus) Fischer, 1880 · unaccepted

Trochus (Aphanotrochus) E. von Martens, 1880 · unaccepted (objective junior synonym)

Trochus (Priotrochus) Fischer, 1880 · unaccepted

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Species Priotrochus aniesae Moolenbeek & H. Dekker, 1992
Species Priotrochus goudoti (P. Fischer, 1878)
Species Priotrochus iris D. G. Herbert, 1988
Species Priotrochus obscurus (W. Wood, 1828)
Species Priotrochus chrysolaemus (E. von Martens, 1880) accepted as Priotrochus goudoti (P. Fischer, 1878)
Species Priotrochus incertus Schepman, 1908 accepted as Tibatrochus incertus (Schepman, 1908) (original combination)
Species Priotrochus kotschyi (R. A. Philippi, 1849) accepted as Trochus kotschyi R. A. Philippi, 1849 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Priotrochus sepulchralis Melvill, 1899 accepted as Priotrochus obscurus obscurus (W. Wood, 1828) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)

Environment

marine

Original description

Not documented

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Priotrochus P. Fischer, 1879. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=512286 on 2025-05-05

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2010-09-04 21:42:28Z

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Bouchet, Philippe

2015-12-05 12:05:34Z

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Bouchet, Philippe

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Nomenclature

original description (of Trochus (Aphanotrochus) E. von Martens, 1880) Martens, E. von. (1880). Mollusken. Pp. 179-353, pl. 19-22 <i>In</i> K. Möbius, F. Richters & E. von Martens, <i>Beiträge zur Meeresfauna der Insel Mauritius und der Seychellen</i>. Berlin: Gutmann. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46619856
page(s): 296 [details]

basis of record Herbert D.G. (1988). A new species of Priotrochus (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Trochidae) from south-east Africa. Annals of the Natal Museum 29(2):503-507. [details]

Definitions

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To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Priotrochus)
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