Plesiotriton P. Fischer 1884

Plesiotriton is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Plesiotritoninae of the family Cancellariidae, the nutmeg snails.^[1]

Species

Species within the genus Plesiotriton include:

• † Plesiotriton angustus (Watelet, 1851)
• † Plesiotriton aucoini Lesport, Cluzaud & Verhecken, 2015
• † Plesiotriton cailloelensis Pacaud, Ledon & Loubry, 2015
• † Plesiotriton calciatus Pacaud, Ledon & Loubry, 2015
• † Plesiotriton camiadeorum Lesport, Cluzaud & Verhecken, 2015
• † Plesiotriton cedri (J. Gardner, 1935)
• † Plesiotriton clandestinus Pacaud, Ledon & Loubry, 2015
• † Plesiotriton cretaceus Sohl, 1960
• † Plesiotriton evanesco Pacaud, Ledon & Loubry, 2015
• † Plesiotriton ganensis Lesport, Cluzaud & Verhecken, 2015
• † Plesiotriton hillegondae (Martin, 1914)
• † Plesiotriton imbricatus (Dareste de la Chavanne, 1910)
• † Plesiotriton jacquesponsi Pacaud, Ledon & Loubry, 2015
• † Plesiotriton latus (Dareste de la Chavanne, 1910)
• Plesiotriton mirabilis Beu & Maxwell, 1987^[2]
• Plesiotriton silinoensis Verhecken, 2011
• † Plesiotriton steni Schnetler & Petit, 2006
• † Plesiotriton teuleraensis Lesport, Cluzaud & Verhecken, 2015
• Plesiotriton vivus Habe & Okutani, 1981^[3]
• † Plesiotriton vokesae (Allen, 1970)
• † Plesiotriton volutellus (Lamarck, 1803)

Species brought into synonymy

• † Plesiotriton deshayesianus Beu & Maxwell, 1987: synonym of † Colubratriton deshayesianus (Beu & Maxwell, 1987) (original combination)
• † Plesiotriton (Turehua) Marwick, 1943: synonym of † Turehua Marwick, 1943

References

• Beu A.G. & Maxwell P.A. (1987) A revision of the fossil and living gastropods related to Plesiotriton Fischer, 1884 (Family Cancellariidae, Subfamily Plesiotritoninae n. subfam.). With an appendix: Genera of Buccinidae Pisaniinae related to Colubraria Schumacher, 1817. New Zealand Geological Survey Paleontological Bulletin 54:1-140