''Pyrgospira'' is a
genus of
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 ...
s, marine
gastropod
The gastropods (), commonly known as snails and slugs, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda ().
This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, from freshwater, and from land. T ...
mollusks in the
family Pseudomelatomidae
Pseudomelatomidae is a family of predatory sea snails, marine gastropods included in the superfamily Conoidea (previously Conacea) and part of the Neogastropoda ( Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005).
In 1995 Kantor elevated the subfamily Pseudomelatomina ...
, the turrids and allies
[ Retrieved 16 April 2010.]
Species
Species within the
genus ''Pyrgospira'' include:
*''
Pyrgospira aenone''
Dall, 1919
*''
Pyrgospira candace''
(Dall, 1919)
*''
Pyrgospira ostrearum''
(Stearns, 1872)
*''
Pyrgospira tampaensis''
(Bartsch & Rehder, 1939)
;Species brought into synonymy:
* † ''Pyrgospira acurugata''
Dall, 1890: synonym of † ''
Strictispira acurugata
''Strictispira acurugata'' is an extinct species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudomelatomidae, the turrids and allies.MolluscaBase (2018). Strictispira acurugata (Dall, 1890) †. Accessed through: World Registe ...
''
(Dall, 1890)
*''Pyrgospira fuscescens''
(Reeve, 1843): synonym of ''
Crassispira fuscescens''
(Reeve, 1843)
*''Pyrgospira nautica''
Pilsbry & Lowe, 1932: synonym of ''Pyrgospira aenone''
(Dall, 1919)
*''Pyrgospira obeliscus''
(Reeve, 1845): synonym of ''
Pyrgospira aenone''
(Dall, 1919)
*''Pyrgospira plicosa''
(Adams C. B., 1850):
synonym of ''
Pyrgocythara plicosa
''Pyrgocythara plicosa'', common name the plicate mangelia, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.
Description
The size of the shell varies between 6 mm and 13 mm.
Distribution
''P. plicosa' ...
''
(C. B. Adams, 1850)
*''Pyrgospira tomliniana''
Melvill, 1927 : synonym of ''Pyrgospira aenone''
(Dall, 1919)
References
External links
*
Bouchet, P.; Kantor, Y. I.; Sysoev, A.; Puillandre, N. (2011). ''A new operational classification of the Conoidea (Gastropoda).'' Journal of Molluscan Studies. 77(3): 273-308McLean, J.H. (1971) ''A revised classification of the family Turridae, with the proposal of new subfamilies, genera, and subgenera from the Eastern Pacific''. The Veliger, 14, 114–130
Bouchet, P.; Kantor, Y. I.; Sysoev, A.; Puillandre, N. (2011). A new operational classification of the Conoidea (Gastropoda). Journal of Molluscan Studies. 77(3): 273-308
Pseudomelatomidae
Gastropod genera
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