''Pyrazus'' is a

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sea snail Sea snail is a common name for slow-moving marine gastropod molluscs, usually with visible external shells, such as whelk or abalone. They share the taxonomic class Gastropoda with slugs, which are distinguished from snails primarily by the ...

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s in the

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Batillariidae Batillariidae, common name batillariids or mudcreepers, are a family of marine, cerithioidean gastropod molluscs in thesuperfamily Cerithioidea. They consist of 14 living species, classified in six to eight genera.Ozawa, T., Köhler, F., Reid, D ...

. Pyriazidae is a synonym of Batillariidae and ''Pyrazus'' is the

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of the Pyriazidae. ''Pyrazus'' is (incorrectly?) classified within

Potamididae ''Potamididae'', common name potamidids (also known as horn snails or mudwhelks) are a family of small to large brackish water snails that live on mud flats, mangroves and similar habitats. They are amphibious gastropod molluscs in the superfami ...

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Species

Species within the genus ''Pyrazus'' include: Pyrazus_scalatus_01

* '' Pyrazus eriensis'' (Mörch, 1876) * ''

Pyrazus ebeninus ''Pyrazus ebeninus'', commonly known as Hercules club mud whelk, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Batillariidae Batillariidae, common name batillariids or mudcreepers, are a family of marine, cerithioidean ...

'' (Bruguière, 1792) * † '' Pyrazus pentagonatus'' (Schlotheim, 1820) - from Eocene of HungaryBandel K. (2006). "Families of the Cerithioidea and related superfamilies (Palaeo-Caenogastropoda; Mollusca) from the Triassic to the Recent characterized by protoconch morphology - including the description of new taxa". ''

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Batillariidae Extant Eocene first appearances {{Batillariidae-stub