Plesiotrochus is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Plesiotrochidae.[1]
Plesiotrochus was originally placed in the superfamily Cerithioidea but was subsequently transferred to the superfamily Campaniloidea by Healy (1993).[2]
The shell have an elongate, conical shape. Their length of rather small (between 5 mm and 10 mm, with one species up to 24 mm). The imperforate whorls are flat to concave. The subrhomboidal aperture is smooth within and prolonged by a short siphonal canal. The outer lip is subrostrate in the middle. The columella and the siphonal canal are twisted. The sculpture shows conspicuous ribs with varices or just spirals. The operculum is eccentric.[3]
The species occur in the Indo-Pacific.
Species within the genus Plesiotrochus include:
Plesiotrochus is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Plesiotrochidae.
Plesiotrochus was originally placed in the superfamily Cerithioidea but was subsequently transferred to the superfamily Campaniloidea by Healy (1993).
