Pyrgospira

Pyrgospira
Pyrgospira tampaensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Pseudomelatomidae
Genus: Pyrgospira
McLean, 1971
Type species
Pleurotoma obeliscus
Reeve, 1845
Species

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Pyrgospira is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Pseudomelatomidae, the turrids and allies[1]

Species

Species within the genus Pyrgospira include:

Species brought into synonymy
  • † Pyrgospira acurugata Dall, 1890: synonym of † Strictispira acurugata (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):[5] synonym of Pyrgospira aenone (Dall, 1919)
  • Pyrgospira plicosa (Adams C. B., 1850):[6] synonym of Pyrgocythara plicosa (C. B. Adams, 1850)
  • Pyrgospira tomliniana Melvill, 1927 : synonym of Pyrgospira aenone (Dall, 1919)

References

  1. ^ a b Pyrgospira McLean, 1971. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 16 April 2010.
  2. ^ Pyrgospira candace (Dall, 1919). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 16 April 2010.
  3. ^ Pyrgospira ostrearum (Stearns, 1872). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 16 April 2010.
  4. ^ Pyrgospira tampaensis (Bartsch & Rehder, 1939). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 16 April 2010.
  5. ^ Pyrgospira obeliscus (Reeve, 1845). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 16 April 2010.
  6. ^ Pyrgospira plicosa (Adams C. B., 1850). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 16 April 2010.
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