Pyrgocythara

Pyrgocythara
Shells of Pyrgocythara densestriata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Mangeliidae
Genus: Pyrgocythara
Woodring, 1928
Species

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Pyrgocythara is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Mangeliidae.[1]

The type species is the Pliocene: Pyrgocythara eminula Woodring, 1928, which is probably the same as the Recent Pleurotoma trilineata C.B. Adams, 1845 (synonym of Cryoturris trilineata (C. B. Adams, 1845)) [2]

Distribution

This genus occurs in the Western Atlantic Ocean, the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico.

Species

Species within the genus Pyrgocythara include:

Species brought into synonymy
  • Pyrgocythara arbela W.H. Dall, 1919: synonym of Pyrgocythara hemphilli P. Bartsch & H.A. Rehder, 1939
  • Pyrgocythara balteata (Reeve, 1846):[22] synonym of Ithycythara lanceolata (C. B. Adams, 1850) (nomen dubium)
  • Pyrgocythara brunnea B.F. Perkins, 1869: synonym of Pyrgocythara plicosa (Adams, 1850)
  • Pyrgocythara candidissima (Adams C. B., 1845):[23] synonym of Agathotoma candidissima (C. B. Adams, 1845)
  • Pyrgocythara caribaea (Orbigny, 1842):[24] synonym of Pyrgocythara cinctella (Pfeiffer, 1840)
  • Pyrgocythara cerea P.P. Carpenter, 1865: synonym of Pyrgocythara hamata (P.P. Carpenter, 1865)
  • Pyrgocythara coxi Fargo, 1953: synonym of Agathotoma coxi (Fargo, 1953)
  • Pyrgocythara fusca (C. B. Adams, 1845): synonym of Pyrgocythara cinctella (Pfeiffer, 1840)
  • Pyrgocythara hilli L.G. Hertlein & A.M. Strong, 1951: synonym of Pyrgocythara melita (W.H. Dall, 1919)
  • Pyrgocythara jewetti R.E.C. Stearns, 1875: synonym of Pyrgocythara plicosa (Adams, 1850)
  • Pyrgocythara lavalleana (d'Orbigny, 1847): synonym of Cryoturris lavalleana (d'Orbigny, 1847)
  • Pyrgocythara luteofasciata (L.A. Reeve, 1845) : synonym of Pyrgocythara albovittata (C.B. Adams, 1845)
  • Pyrgocythara metria (Dall, 1903): synonym of Vitricythara metria (Dall, 1903)
  • Pyrgocythara obesicostata L.A. Reeve, 1846: synonym of Pyrgocythara guarani (A.V.M.D. D'Orbigny, 1841)
  • Pyrgocythara pederseni L.G. Hertlein & A.M. Strong, 1951: synonym of Pyrgocythara danae (W.H. Dall, 1919)
  • Pyrgocythara phaethusa (Dall, 1919): synonym of Notocytharella phaethusa (Dall, 1919)
  • Pyrgocythara plicata C.B. Adams, 1840: synonym of Pyrgocythara plicosa (Adams, 1850)

References

  1. ^ a b Pyrgocythara Woodring, 1928. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 7 August 2011.
  2. ^ Faber, M. J. "Marine gastropods from Cuba described by Louis Pfeiffer: type specimens and identifications with the introduction of Gibberula pfeifferi new name (Mollusca: Gastropoda)." Miscellanea Malacologica 1.3 (2004): 49-71.
  3. ^ Pyrgocythara albovittata (Adams C. B., 1845). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 16 April 2010.
  4. ^ Pyrgocythara angulosa McLean & Poorman, 1971. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 16 April 2010.
  5. ^ Pyrgocythara cinctella (Pfeiffer, 1840). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 16 April 2010.
  6. ^ Pyrgocythara danae (Dall, 1919). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 16 April 2010.
  7. ^ Pyrgocythara densestriata (Adams C. B., 1850). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 16 April 2010.
  8. ^ Pyrgocythara dubia (Adams C. B., 1845). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 16 April 2010.
  9. ^ Pyrgocythara emersoni Shasky, 1971. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 16 April 2010.
  10. ^ Pyrgocythara filosa Rehder, 1943. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 16 April 2010.
  11. ^ Pyrgocythara fuscoligata (Carpenter, 1856). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 16 April 2010.
  12. ^ Pyrgocythara guarani (Orbigny, 1841). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 16 April 2010.
  13. ^ Pyrgocythara hamata (Carpenter, 1865). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 16 April 2010.
  14. ^ Pyrgocythara helena (Dall, 1919). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 16 April 2010.
  15. ^ Pyrgocythara hemphilli Bartsch & Rehder, 1939. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 16 April 2010.
  16. ^ Pyrgocythara melita (Dall, 1919). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 16 April 2010.
  17. ^ Pyrgocythara nodulosa Sysoev & Ivanov, 1985. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 16 April 2010.
  18. ^ Pyrgocythara plicosa (C. B. Adams, 1850). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 16 April 2010.
  19. ^ Pyrgocythara scammoni (Dall, 1919). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 16 April 2010.
  20. ^ Pyrgocythara subdiaphana (Carpenter, 1864). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 16 April 2010.
  21. ^ Pyrgocythara urceolata Rolán & Otero-Schmitt, 1999. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 16 April 2010.
  22. ^ Pyrgocythara balteata (Reeve, 1846). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 16 April 2010.
  23. ^ Pyrgocythara candidissima (Adams C. B., 1845). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 16 April 2010.
  24. ^ Pyrgocythara caribaea (Orbigny, 1842). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 16 April 2010.
  • Woodring, W.P. (1928) Miocene mollusks from Bowden, Jamaica. Part II. Gastropods and discussion of results. Contributions to the geology and paleontology of the West Indies. Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication, 385, vii + 1–564, 40 pls.


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