Perotrochus Fischer 1885 (snail)

Gastropoda - Pleurotomarioidea - Pleurotomariidae

Parent taxon: Pleurotomariidae according to K. Bose et al. 2021

See also Maxwell 1978, Schnetler et al. 2024, Sepkoski 2002, Todd 2001 and Wilson 1993

Sister taxa: Austroworthenia, Bathrotomaria, Conotomaria, Cryptaenia, Entemnotrochus, Laevitomaria, Leptomaria, Mamoeatomaria, Mellarium, Mikadotrochus, Murihikua, Obornella, Ornatospira, Pleurotomaria, Pleurotomariinae, Pyrgotrochus, Rasatomaria, Tahua, Talantodiscus

Subtaxa: Perotrochus (Perotrochus) Perotrochus bermotiensis Perotrochus isseli Perotrochus masoni Perotrochus sismondai

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Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Pliocene of Spain (1 collection)

• Oligocene of Denmark (1), Germany (1), India (1), Italy (1), New Zealand (1)

• Eocene of Japan (1), New Zealand (3), United States (2: North Carolina)

• Cretaceous of New Zealand (1)

• Jurassic of the United Kingdom (1)

Total: 14 collections including 15 occurrences

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