Pyrgospira is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Pseudomelatomidae, the turrids and allies[1]
| Pyrgospira | |
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| Pyrgospira tampaensis | |
Scientific classification 
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| 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
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Species
editSpecies within the genus Pyrgospira include:
- Pyrgospira aenone Dall, 1919
- Pyrgospira candace (Dall, 1919)[2]
- Pyrgospira ostrearum (Stearns, 1872)[3]
- Pyrgospira tampaensis (Bartsch & Rehder, 1939)[4]
- 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
edit- ^ a b Pyrgospira McLean, 1971. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 16 April 2010.
- ^ Pyrgospira candace (Dall, 1919). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 16 April 2010.
- ^ Pyrgospira ostrearum (Stearns, 1872). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 16 April 2010.
- ^ Pyrgospira tampaensis (Bartsch & Rehder, 1939). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 16 April 2010.
- ^ Pyrgospira obeliscus (Reeve, 1845). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 16 April 2010.
- ^ Pyrgospira plicosa (Adams C. B., 1850). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 16 April 2010.
External links
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- Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.682.1.1. ISBN 1-877354-50-3. ISSN 1175-5326.
- P. Bouchet; Yu. I. Kantor; A. Sysoev; N. Puillandre (2011). "A new operational classification of the Conoidea (Gastropoda)". Journal of Molluscan Studies. 77 (3): 273–308. doi:10.1093/mollus/eyr017.
- McLean, 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
- Worldwide Mollusc Species Data Base: Pseudomelatomidae
- 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
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