Perotrochus

Perotrochus is a genus of large sea snails with gills and an operculum, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Pleurotomariidae, the slit snails,.

Description

The shell has a conical shape. The base is not umbilicated. The whorls are striate or granulate. The anal fasciole is submedian or below the middle. The slit is short.

Species

Extant

According to the World Register of Marine Species, the following species with valid names are included within the genus Perotrochus:

† Perotrochus allani Marwick, 1928 Perotrochus amabilis Perotrochus anseeuwi Kanazawa & Goto, 1991Perotrochus atlanticus Rios & Matthews, 1968Perotrochus caledonicus Bouchet & Métivier, 1982Perotrochus charlestonensis Askew, 1987Perotrochus deforgesi Métivier, 1990Perotrochus lucaya Bayer, 1965
† Perotrochus maoriensis
† Perotrochus marwicki C. A. Fleming, 1970 Perotrochus maureri Harasewych & Askew, 1993Perotrochus metivieri Anseeuw & Goto, 1995Perotrochus oishii Perotrochus pseudogranulosus Anseeuw, Puillandre, Utge & Bouchet, 2015Perotrochus quoyanus Perotrochus sunderlandorum Petuch & Berschauer, 2017Perotrochus tosatoi Anseeuw, Goto & Abdi, 2005Perotrochus vicdani Kosuge, 1980Perotrochus wareni Anseeuw, Puillandre, Utge & Bouchet, 2015

;Species brought into synonymy:Perotrochus africanus : synonym of Bayerotrochus africanus Perotrochus boucheti Anseeuw & Poppe, 2001: synonym of Bayerotrochus boucheti Perotrochus diliculum Okutani, 1979: synonym of Bayerotrochus diluculum Perotrochus gemma F. M. Bayer, 1965: synonym of Perotrochus quoyanus quoyanus Perotrochus gotoi Anseeuw, 1990: synonym of Mikadotrochus gotoi Perotrochus hirasei : synonym of Mikadotrochus hirasei Perotrochus indicus Anseeuw, 1999: synonym of Bayerotrochus indicus

† Perotrochus masoni P. A. Maxwell, 1978: synonym of † Bayerotrochus masoni Perotrochus midas Bayer, 1965: synonym of Bayerotrochus midas Perotrochus poppei Anseeuw, 2003: synonym of Bayerotrochus poppei Anseeuw, 2003Perotrochus pyramus Bayer, 1967: synonym of Bayerotrochus pyramus Perotrochus tangaroanus Bouchet & Métivier, 1982: synonym of Bayerotrochus tangaroanus Perotrochus teramachii Kuroda, 1955: synonym of Bayerotrochus teramachii Perotrochus westralis : synonym of ''Bayerotrochus westralis''

Fossil

†P. allani, Red Bluff Tuff, New Zealand
†P. brachoi, Otekaike Limestone, New Zealand
†P. eocenicus, Kattachi Formation, Japan
†P. isseli, Sassello, Tertiary Piedmont Basin, Italy
†P. masoni, Otekaike Limestone, New Zealand
†P. sismondai, Alzey Formation, Germany
†P. hanoverensis, Castle Hayne Formation, North Carolina
†P. , Capay Formation, California and Swan Cay Formation, Panama
†Pleurotomaria baldwini, P. schencki & P. siletzensis, Siletz River Volcanics, Oregon