Plesiotrochidae is a

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of sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the clade

Sorbeoconcha Sorbeoconcha is a taxonomic clade of snails, i.e. gastropods, mainly marine species with gills and opercula, within the clade Caenogastropoda. The taxon Sorbeoconcha was named by Winston Ponder and David R. Lindberg in 1997. Taxonomy 1 ...

. 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'' P. Fischer, 1878 * '' Trochocerithium'' Sacco, 1897 ;Genera brought into synonymy: * ''Hemicerithium'' Cossmann, 1893: synonym of ''Plesiotrochus'' Fischer, 1878 * ''Hypotrochus'' Cotton, 1932: synonym of ''Plesiotrochus'' Fischer, 1878

References

* Houbrick R.S. 1990. ''Aspect of the anatomy of Plesiotrochus (Plesiotrochidae, fam. n.) and its systematic position in Cerithioidea (Prosobranchia Caenogastropoda).'' pp. 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. {{Caenogastropoda-stub