{{Short description|Genus of gastropods}} {{Automatic taxobox | image = Priotrochus goudoti 001.jpg | image_caption = ''Priotrochus goudoti'' | taxon = Priotrochus | authority = P. Fischer, 1879 <ref>Fischer 1880 in Kiener & Fischer, Spec. Iconogr. Coquilles-Trochus etc., 420</ref> | synonyms_ref = <ref name="WoRMS" /> | synonyms = * ''Gibbula (Priotrochus)'' <small>Fischer, 1880</small> * ''Monilea (Priotrochus)'' <small>Fischer, 1880</small> * ''Trochus (Aphanotrochus)'' <small>Martens, 1880</small> * ''Trochus (Priotrochus)'' <small>Fischer, 1880</small> |type_species = ''Trochus obscurus'' |type_species_authority = Wood, 1828 |display_parents= 3 }}
'''''Priotrochus''''' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Cantharidinae of the family Trochidae, the top snails.<ref name="WoRMS">Bouchet, P. (2012). Priotrochus P. Fischer, 1879. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=512286 on 2012-06-21</ref>
==Description== The shell has an elevated-conic shape. The columella is crenulate, not toothed. The umbilicus is narrow without spiral funicle.<ref>[https://archive.org/details/manualofconcholo111tryo Tryon (1889), Manual of Conchology XI, Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia]</ref>
==Species== Species within the genus ''Priotrochus'' include: * ''Priotrochus aniesae'' <small>Moolenbeek & Dekker, 1992</small> * ''Priotrochus goudoti'' <small>(Fischer, 1878)</small> * ''Priotrochus iris'' <small>Herbert, 1988</small> * ''Priotrochus obscurus'' <small>(W. Wood, 1828)</small><ref name="WoRMS2">{{WRMS species|546929|''Priotrochus obscurus'' (Wood, 1828)|||Bouchet, P. (2010). Priotrochus obscurus (W. Wood, 1828). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at<nowiki>http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=546929</nowiki> on 13 March 2011}}</ref> ;Species brought into synonymy: * ''Priotrochus alexandri'' <small>Tomlin, 1926</small>: synonym of ''Priotrochus obscurus ponsonbyi'' <small>(G. B. Sowerby, 1888)</small> * ''Priotrochus chrysolaemus'' <small>(Martens, 1880)</small>: synonym of ''Priotrochus goudoti'' <small>(Fischer, 1878)</small> * ''Priotrochus incertus'' <small>Schepman, 1908</small>: synonym of ''Tibatrochus incertus'' <small>(Schepman, 1908)</small> * ''Priotrochus kotschyi'' <small>(Philippi, 1849)</small>: synonym of ''Trochus kotschyi'' <small>Philippi, 1849</small> * ''Priotrochus sepulchralis'' <small>Melvill, 1899:</small> synonym of ''Priotrochus obscurus obscurus'' <small>(Wood, 1828)</small>
==References== {{Reflist}} * 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.
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Category:Priotrochus Category:Trochidae Category:Gastropod genera Category:Taxa named by Paul Henri Fischer