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

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.