Priotrochus obscurus

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Priotrochus obscurus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Trochidae
Subfamily: Cantharidinae
Genus: Priotrochus
Species: P. obscurus
Binomial name
Priotrochus obscurus
(W. Wood, 1828)
Synonyms[1]
  • Monilea obscura (Wood, 1828)
  • Monilea (Priotrochus) obscura (Wood, 1828)
  • Monodonta obscura (Wood, 1828)
  • Priotrochus sepulchralis Melvill, J.C., 1899
  • Trochus lineolatus Bianconi, J.J., 1865
  • Trochus nabateus Issel, A., 1869
  • Trochus obscurus Wood, 1828 (basionym)
  • Trochus signatus Jonas, J.H., 1844
  • Turbo trochoides Reeve, L.A., 1848

Priotrochus obscurus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails.[1]

Subspecies
  • Priotrochus obscurus obscurus (Wood, 1828) (synonyms: Gibbula (Priotrochus) sepulchralis (Melvill, 1899); Gibbula sepulchralis (Melvill, 1899); Priotrochus sepulchralis Melvill, 1899; Trochus nabateus Issel, 1869; Trochus signatus Jonas, 1844)
  • Priotrochus obscurus ponsonbyi (G. B. Sowerby, 1888) (synonyms: Monilea (Priotrochus) ponsonbyi (G. B. Sowerby, 1888); Monilea obscura ponsonbyi (G.B. Sowerby, 1888); Monilea ponsonbyi (G.B. Sowerby, 1888); Priotrochus alexandri Tomlin, 1926; Trochus (Gibbula) ponsonbyi G. B. Sowerby, 1888; Trochus ponsonbyi G.B. Sowerby, 1888)

Description

The shell size varies between 7 mm and 20 mm

Distribution

This species is distributed in the Red Sea and in the Indian Ocean along Madagascar, Mozambique, Tanzania and Durban, South Africa.

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Priotrochus obscurus (Wood, 1828). Bouchet, P. (2010). Priotrochus obscurus (W. Wood, 1828). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=546929 on 13 March 2011.
  • Dautzenberg, Ph. (1929). Mollusques testacés marins de Madagascar. Faune des Colonies Francaises, Tome III
  • Spry, J.F. (1961). The sea shells of Dar es Salaam: Gastropods. Tanganyika Notes and Records 56
  • Herbert D.G. (1988). Studies on Priotrochus obscurus and the systematics position of Priotrochus (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Trochidae). Journal of zoology 214:561-268
  • 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
  • Herbert D.G. (1994). Trochus kotschyi, the first Indian Ocean record of the genus Osilinus (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Trochidae). Journal of Zoology 233:345-357.

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