A new species of pleurotomariid gastropod from the western Atlantic

Three new species of pleurotomariid gastropods from the Western Atlantic, Perotrochus midas, P. lucaya, and P. gemma, are described and figured. All previously known recent species of the family are reviewed briefly and illustrated. The type specimens of Perotrochus quoyanus, P. teramachii, and Entemnotrochus rumphii are figured. The generic groups are discussed and defined.

This author manuscript appears courtesy of The Nautilus, a peer-reviewed, not-for-profit quarterly published by the non-profit organization The Bailey-Matthews Shell Museum. The published version is available at http://shellmuseum.org/nautilus/index.html and may be cited as: Askew, T. M. (1988). A new species of pleurotomariid gastropod from the western Atlantic. The Nautilus, 102(3), 89-91.

Florida Atlantic University. Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute contribution #642.