MolluscaBase name details
original description
(of Priotrochus sepulchralis Melvill, 1899) Melvill, J. C. (1899). Notes on the Mollusca of the Arabian Sea, Persian Gulf, and Gulf of Oman, mostly dredged by Mr. F. W. Townsend, with descriptions of twenty-seven species. <em>The Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> ser. 7, 4(20): 81-101, pls 1-2., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19208812
page(s): 96, pl. 2, fig. 6. [details]
basis of record
Vine, P. (1986). Red Sea Invertebrates. Immel Publishing, London. 224 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
source of synonymy
Herbert D.G. (1988). Studies on Priotrochus obscurus and the systematics position of Priotrochus (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Trochidae). Journal of zoology 214:561-268. [details]