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Priotrochus P. Fischer, 1879
512286 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:512286)
accepted
Genus
Trochus obscurus W. Wood, 1828 accepted as Priotrochus obscurus (W. Wood, 1828) (type by subsequent designation)
Gibbula (Priotrochus) P. Fischer, 1879 · unaccepted
Monilea (Priotrochus) P. Fischer, 1880 · unaccepted > superseded rank
Trochus (Aphanotrochus) E. von Martens, 1880 · unaccepted > junior objective synonym
Trochus (Priotrochus) P. Fischer, 1880 · unaccepted > superseded rank
- 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 alexandri Tomlin, 1926 † accepted as Priotrochus obscurus ponsonbyi (G. B. Sowerby III, 1888) † (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- 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 superseded combination)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)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
masculine
(of Trochus (Priotrochus) P. Fischer, 1880) Fischer, P. (1873-1879). [continuation of Kiener] <i>Spécies général et iconographie des coquilles vivantes</i>. Volume 10, Famille des Turbinacées. Genre Turbo (<i>Turbo</i>), pp. i-iv + 1-128 (1873), pls 1, 28, 44-49, 53-54, 57-120. Volume 11, Genres Troque (<i>Trochus</i>, including <i>Calcar</i>), pp. 1-96, pls 37-86 (1875); 97-144 (1876); 145-240 (1877); 241-336 (1878); 337-423, <i>Xenophora</i> pp. 424-450, <i>Tectarius</i> pp. 451-459, <i>Risella</i> pp. 460-463, Index 464-480 (1879). , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2436676
page(s): 420 [details]
page(s): 420 [details]
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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]
original description (of Trochus (Priotrochus) P. Fischer, 1880) Fischer, P. (1873-1879). [continuation of Kiener] <i>Spécies général et iconographie des coquilles vivantes</i>. Volume 10, Famille des Turbinacées. Genre Turbo (<i>Turbo</i>), pp. i-iv + 1-128 (1873), pls 1, 28, 44-49, 53-54, 57-120. Volume 11, Genres Troque (<i>Trochus</i>, including <i>Calcar</i>), pp. 1-96, pls 37-86 (1875); 97-144 (1876); 145-240 (1877); 241-336 (1878); 337-423, <i>Xenophora</i> pp. 424-450, <i>Tectarius</i> pp. 451-459, <i>Risella</i> pp. 460-463, Index 464-480 (1879). , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2436676
page(s): 420 [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]
page(s): 296 [details]
original description (of Trochus (Priotrochus) P. Fischer, 1880) Fischer, P. (1873-1879). [continuation of Kiener] <i>Spécies général et iconographie des coquilles vivantes</i>. Volume 10, Famille des Turbinacées. Genre Turbo (<i>Turbo</i>), pp. i-iv + 1-128 (1873), pls 1, 28, 44-49, 53-54, 57-120. Volume 11, Genres Troque (<i>Trochus</i>, including <i>Calcar</i>), pp. 1-96, pls 37-86 (1875); 97-144 (1876); 145-240 (1877); 241-336 (1878); 337-423, <i>Xenophora</i> pp. 424-450, <i>Tectarius</i> pp. 451-459, <i>Risella</i> pp. 460-463, Index 464-480 (1879). , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2436676
page(s): 420 [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]
