title: Priotrochus
text: # Priotrochus
  
  Priotrochus is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Cantharidinae of the family Trochidae, the top snails.
  
  ## Description
  
  The shell has an elevated-conic shape. The columella is crenulate, not toothed. The umbilicus is narrow without spiral funicle.
  
  ## Species
  
  Species within the genus Priotrochus include:
  
  * Priotrochus aniesae Moolenbeek & Dekker, 1992
  * Priotrochus goudoti (Fischer, 1878)
  * Priotrochus iris Herbert, 1988
  * Priotrochus obscurus (W. Wood, 1828)
  
  ### Species brought into synonymy
  
  * Priotrochus alexandri Tomlin, 1926: synonym of Priotrochus obscurus ponsonbyi (G. B. Sowerby, 1888)
  * Priotrochus chrysolaemus (Martens, 1880): synonym of Priotrochus goudoti (Fischer, 1878)
  * Priotrochus incertus Schepman, 1908: synonym of Tibatrochus incertus (Schepman, 1908)
  * Priotrochus kotschyi (Philippi, 1849): synonym of Trochus kotschyi Philippi, 1849
  * Priotrochus sepulchralis Melvill, 1899: synonym of Priotrochus obscurus obscurus (Wood, 1828)
  