Genus Plesiotrochus Fischer, 1878

Museums

Regional Maps

• Plesiotrochus Fischer, P.H. 1878. Diagnoses Molluscorum Novorum. Journal de Conchyliologie 26: 211-213 [212].

  Type species:

   Plesiotrochus souverbianus P. Fischer, 1878 by monotypy.
• Hemicerithium Cossmann, M. 1893. Révision sommaire de la faune du terrain oligocène marin aux environs d'Etampes. Journal de Conchyliologie 41(4): 297-363, pl. 10 [302].

  Type species:

   Cerithium imperfectum by original designation.
• Trochocerithium Sacco, F. 1897. I Molluschi dei Terreni Terziarii del Piemonte e Della Liguria. Part XXII, Gasteropoda. Torino : Libraio R Accad. Sci. pp. 3-88, pls 1-6. [26] [Cossman & Sacco 1896 ms].

  Type species:

   Trochus turritus Bonelli, 1841 by monotypy.
• Hypotrochus Cotton, B.C. 1932. Notes on Australian Mollusca, with descriptions of new genera and new species. Records of the South Australian Museum (Adelaide) 4: 537-547 [539].

  Type species:

   Cerithium monachus Crosse & Fischer, 1864 by original designation.

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Indo-west Pacific

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Christmas Island Province (23), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Great Australian Bight Shelf Transition (32), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Tasmanian Shelf Province (36), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Other Regions

Coral Sea Islands Territory, Territory of Ashmore & Cartier Islands

General References

Houbrick, R.S. 1993. Aspects of the anatomy of Plesiotrochus (Plesiotrochidae, fam. n.) and its systematic position in Cerithioidea (Prosobranchia Caenogastropoda). In, Wells, F.E., Walker, D.I., Kirkman, H. & Lethbridge, R. (eds). Proceedings of the Fifth International Marine Biological Workshop: The Marine Flora and Fauna of Rottnest Island, Western Australia. Perth : Western Australian Museum 2 vols 634 pp.

Wilson, B. 1994. Australian marine shells. Prosobranch gastropods. Kallaroo, WA : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 2 370 pp. [131]

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
01-Jun-2021	CAMPANILOIDEA	21-Jul-2014	MODIFIED	Dr Winston Ponder (AM) Mr Des Beechey (AM) Dr Peter Middelfart (AM) Ms Anouk Mututantri (AM)
		13-Oct-2011	MODIFIED