Plesiotrochidae

Plesiotrochidae is a family of sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the clade Sorbeoconcha. According to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi (2005) the family Plesiotrochidae has no subfamilies.

Genera

Genera within the family Plesiotrochidae include:

• Plesiotrochus <small>P. Fischer, 1878</small>
• Trochocerithium <small>Sacco, 1897</small>

• Hemicerithium <small>Cossmann, 1893</small>: synonym of Plesiotrochus <small>Fischer, 1878</small>
• Hypotrochus <small>Cotton, 1932</small>: synonym of Plesiotrochus <small>Fischer, 1878</small>

References

• Houbrick R.S. 1990. Aspect of the anatomy of Plesiotrochus (Plesiotrochidae, fam. n.) and its systematic position in Cerithioidea (Prosobranchia Caenogastropoda). pp.&nbsp;237–249, in: Wells F.E., Walker D.I., Kirkman H. & Letheridge R., eds., The marine fauna and flora of Albany. Volume 1. Perth, Western Australia Museum
• Healy J.M., 1993. Transfer of the gastropod family Plesiotrochidae to the Campaniloidea based on sperm ultrastructural evidence. Journal of Molluscan Studies 59, 135-146.