''Pyrgula'' is a

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of freshwater snail with a

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and an operculum, an aquatic gastropod

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in the family

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.Bouchet, P. (2014). Pyrgula de Cristofori & Jan, 1832. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=575798 on 2014-11-11 ''Pyrgula'' is the

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of the subfamily Pyrgulinae. ''Pyrgula annulata'' is the

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of the genus ''Pyrgula''.

Species

Species within the genus ''Pyrgula'' include: * '' Pyrgula abichi'' Logvinenko & Starobogatov, 1968 * '' Pyrgula acicula'' A. & P. Reischutz, 2002''Pyrgula''

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, last update 27 January 2011, accessed 11 June 2011. * † '' Pyrgula acuticarinata'' Pavlović, 1932 * '' Pyrgula aenigma'' Logvinenko & Starobogatov, 1968 * † '' Pyrgula andrusovi'' Pavlović, 1903 * † '' Pyrgula angulata'' Fuchs, 1870 * † '' Pyrgula angulataeformis'' Jekelius, 1932 * '' Pyrgula annulata'' (Linnaeus, 1758) - type species ** ''Pyrgula annulata annulata'' (Linnaeus, 1758) ** ''Pyrgula annulata dalmatica'' Schutt, 1968 * ''

Pyrgula archimedis ''Pyrgula'' is a genus of freshwater snail with a gill and an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Hydrobiidae.Bouchet, P. (2014). Pyrgula de Cristofori & Jan, 1832. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http: ...

'' Fuchs, 1870 * † ''

Pyrgula aspera ''Pyrgula'' is a genus of freshwater snail with a gill and an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Hydrobiidae.Bouchet, P. (2014). Pyrgula de Cristofori & Jan, 1832. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http: ...

'' Brusina, 1878 * † ''

Pyrgula atava ''Pyrgula'' is a genus of freshwater snail with a gill and an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Hydrobiidae.Bouchet, P. (2014). Pyrgula de Cristofori & Jan, 1832. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http: ...

'' Brusina, 1881 * † '' Pyrgula baccata'' Brusina, 1878 * '' Pyrgula bakuana'' (Kolesnikov, 1947) * '' Pyrgula basalis'' (B. Dybowski & J. Grochmalicki, 1915) * '' Pyrgula behningi'' Logvinenko & Starobogatov, 1968 * † '' Pyrgula bicarinata'' Brusina, 1902 * † '' Pyrgula bicincta'' Lörenthey, 1894 * † '' Pyrgula boettgeri'' Brusina, 1897 * † '' Pyrgula boteniensis'' Wenz, 1942 * † '' Pyrgula capellinii'' Wenz, 1919 * † '' Pyrgula carrarai'' Brusina, 1902 * † '' Pyrgula cerithiolum'' Brusina, 1881 * '' Pyrgula cincta'' (Abich, 1859) * '' Pyrgula columna'' Logvinenko & Starobogatov, 1968 * '' Pyrgula concinna'' Logvinenko & Starobogatov, 1968 * † '' Pyrgula conica'' Taner, 1974 * † '' Pyrgula crispata'' Brusina, 1881 * '' Pyrgula curta'' (Naliwkin, 1914) * † '' Pyrgula dacica'' Jekelius, 1932 * † '' Pyrgula dalmatina'' Brusina, 1881 * † '' Pyrgula dautzenbergi'' (Morgan, 1915) * '' Pyrgula derzhavini'' Logvinenko & Starobogatov, 1968 * '' Pyrgula dimidiata'' (Eichwald, 1838) * '' Pyrgula dubia'' Logvinenko & Starobogatov, 1968 * '' Pyrgula ebersini'' Logvinenko & Starobogatov, 1968 * † '' Pyrgula elegans'' Jekelius, 1932 * † '' Pyrgula elegantissima'' (Frauenfeld, 1864) * '' Pyrgula eulimellula'' (B. Dybowski & J. Grochmalicki, 1915) * '' Pyrgula falkneri'' A. & P. Reischutz, 2002 * '' Pyrgula fedorovi'' Logvinenko & Starobogatov, 1968 * † '' Pyrgula gladilini'' Pavlović, 1932 * '' Pyrgula grimmi'' (Clessin & W. Dybowski in W. Dybowski, 1888) * † '' Pyrgula hungarica'' Lörenthey, 1894 * † '' Pyrgula incisa'' Fuchs, 1870 * † '' Pyrgula interrupta'' Brusina, 1878 * '' Pyrgula isseli'' Logvinenko & Starobogatov, 1968 * '' Pyrgula kolesnikoviana'' Logvinenko & Starobogatov in Golikov & Starobogatov, 1966 * † '' Pyrgula konstantinovici'' Pavlović, 1932 * '' Pyrgula kowalewskii'' (Clessin & W. Dybowski in W. Dybowski, 1888) * † '' Pyrgula krejcii'' Wenz in Krejci-Graf & Wenz, 1932 * † '' Pyrgula laevissima'' de Stefani, 1877 * † '' Pyrgula laminatocarinata'' (Andrusov, 1890) * † '' Pyrgula laskarevi'' Pavlović, 1927 * '' Pyrgula lencoranica'' Logvinenko & Starobogatov, 1968 * '' Pyrgula lirata'' (B. Dybowski & J. Grochmalicki, 1915) * † '' Pyrgula malcevici'' Brusina, 1893 * '' Pyrgula marginata'' (Westerlund, 1902) * † '' Pyrgula martini'' Pavlović, 1932 * † '' Pyrgula marulici'' Brusina, 1902 * † '' Pyrgula mathildaeformis'' Fuchs, 1870 * '' Pyrgula nana'' Logvinenko & Starobogatov, 1968 * † '' Pyrgula nodotiana'' Tournouër, 1866 * '' Pyrgula nossovi'' (Kolesnikov, 1947) * '' Pyrgula pallasii'' (Clessin & W. Dybowski in W. Dybowski, 1888) * '' Pyrgula pambotis'' A. & P. Reischutz, 2002 * '' Pyrgula prahovensis'' Papaianopol & Macaleț, 2004 * † '' Pyrgula prisca'' (Neumayr in Herbich & Neumayr, 1875) * '' Pyrgula pseudobacuana'' Logvinenko & Starobogatov, 1968 * '' Pyrgula pseudodimidiata'' (B. Dybowski & Grochmalicki, 1915) * '' Pyrgula pseudospica'' Logvinenko & Starobogatov, 1968 * '' Pyrgula pulla'' (B. Dybowski & Grochmalicki, 1915) * † '' Pyrgula purpurina'' Andrusov, 1890 * † '' Pyrgula radici'' Pavlović, 1927 * † '' Pyrgula radovanovici'' Pavlović, 1903 * † '' Pyrgula raskovici'' Pavlović, 1903 * † '' Pyrgula reljkovici'' Brusina, 1902 * '' Pyrgula rudis'' Logvinenko & Starobogatov, 1968 * † '' Pyrgula rusti'' Neubauer, Harzhauser, Georgopoulou, Mandic & Kroh, 2014 * '' Pyrgula schorygini'' Logvinenko & Starobogatov, 1968 * † '' Pyrgula sergii'' Brusina, 1902 * † '' Pyrgula serratula'' Brusina, 1897 * '' Pyrgula sieversi'' (Clessin in W. Dybowski, 1888) * '' Pyrgula sieversi'' (O. Boettger, 1881) * '' Pyrgula similis'' Logvinenko & Starobogatov, 1968 * '' Pyrgula simplex'' Logvinenko & Starobogatov, 1968 * '' Pyrgula sowinskyi'' Logvinenko & Starobogatov, 1968 * † '' Pyrgula subarchimedis'' Friedberg, 1923 * † '' Pyrgula syrmica'' Brusina, 1892 * † '' Pyrgula tessellata'' Brusina, 1897 * '' Pyrgula turkmenica'' Logvinenko & Starobogatov, 1968 * † '' Pyrgula turricula'' (Neumayr in Neumayr & Paul, 1875) * '' Pyrgula ulskii'' (Clessin & W. Dybowski in W. Dybowski, 1888) * † '' Pyrgula unicarinata'' Brusina, 1902 * '' Pyrgula uralensis'' Logvinenko & Starobogatov, 1968

References

Tournouër, R. (1869). ''Description du nouveau genre Pyrgidium et de deux espèces fossiles des terrains d'eau douce du département de la Côte-d'Or.'' Journal de Conchyliologie. 17, 86-95.

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