''Pilsbryspira'' is a
genus
Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...
of small predatory
sea snail
Sea snails are slow-moving marine (ocean), marine gastropod Mollusca, molluscs, usually with visible external shells, such as whelk or abalone. They share the Taxonomic classification, taxonomic class Gastropoda with slugs, which are distinguishe ...
s, marine
gastropod
Gastropods (), commonly known as slugs and snails, belong to a large Taxonomy (biology), taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda ().
This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, freshwater, and fro ...
mollusk
Mollusca is a phylum of protostomic invertebrate animals, whose members are known as molluscs or mollusks (). Around 76,000 extant species of molluscs are recognized, making it the second-largest animal phylum after Arthropoda. The ...
s in the
family
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Pseudomelatomidae
Pseudomelatomidae is a family (biology), family of predatory sea snails, marine gastropods included in the superfamily Conoidea (previously Conacea) and part of the Neogastropoda (Taxonomy of the Gastropoda (Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005), Bouchet & Ro ...
.
Species
Species within the genus ''Pilsbryspira'' include:
* ''
Pilsbryspira albiguttata''
(Pilsbry, 1904)
* ''
Pilsbryspira albinodata''
(Reeve, 1846)
* ''
Pilsbryspira albocincta
''Pilsbryspira albocincta'', commonly known as the white-banded turret, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the turrid family (biology), family Pseudomelatomidae.
Description
The length of the shell varies between 7 mm ...
''
(C. B. Adams, 1845)
* ''
Pilsbryspira albomaculata''
(d'Orbigny, 1842)
* ''
Pilsbryspira amathea''
(Dall, 1919)
* ''
Pilsbryspira arsinoe''
(Dall, 1919)
* ''
Pilsbryspira aterrima''
(Sowerby I, 1834)
* ''
Pilsbryspira atramentosa''
(Smith E. A., 1882)
* ''
Pilsbryspira auberti''
(Lamy, 1934)
* ''
Pilsbryspira aureonodosa''
(Pilsbry & Lowe, 1932)
* ''
Pilsbryspira bacchia''
(Dall, 1919)
* ''
Pilsbryspira cinerea''
(Weinkauff, 1876)
* ''
Pilsbryspira collaris''
(Sowerby I, 1834)
* ''
Pilsbryspira elozantha''
(Ravenel, 1861)
* ''
Pilsbryspira flucki''
(Brown & Pilsbry, 1913)
* ''
Pilsbryspira garciacubasi''
Shasky, 1971
* ''
Pilsbryspira jayana''
(Adams C. B., 1850)
* ''
Pilsbryspira kandai''
(Kuroda, 1950)
* ''
Pilsbryspira leucocyma''
(Dall, 1884)
* ''
Pilsbryspira loxospira''
(Pilsbry & Lowe, 1932)
* ''
Pilsbryspira melchersi''
(Menke, 1852)
* ''
Pilsbryspira monilis''
(Bartsch & Rehder, 1939)
* ''
Pilsbryspira nodata''
(C. B. Adams, 1850)
* ''
Pilsbryspira nymphia''
(Pilsbry & Lowe, 1932)
* ''
Pilsbryspira umbrosa''
(Melvill, 1923)
* ''
Pilsbryspira zebroides''
(Weinkauff & Kobelt, 1876)
;Species brought into synonymy:
* ''Pilsbryspira albomaculata''
(Orbigny, 1842):
synonym of ''
Pilsbryspira nodata''
(C. B. Adams, 1850)
* ''Pilsbryspira albopustulata''
Smith, 1882: synonym of ''
Pilsbryspira nodata''
(C. B. Adams, 1850)
* ''Pilsbryspira atrior''
Adams, 1852: synonym of ''
Pilsbryspira aterrima''
(Sowerby I, 1834)
* ''Pilsbryspira fonseca''
Pilsbry & Lowe, 1932: synonym of ''
Pilsbryspira atramentosa''
(E.A. Smith, 1882)
* ''Pilsbryspira maura''
Kiener, 1840: synonym of ''
Pilsbryspira aterrima''
(Sowerby I, 1834)
* ''Pilsbryspira nephele''
Dall, 1919: synonym of ''
Pilsbryspira collaris''
(Sowerby I, 1834)
* ''Pilsbryspira ornata''
D'Orbigny, 1847: synonym of ''
Pilsbryspira albocincta
''Pilsbryspira albocincta'', commonly known as the white-banded turret, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the turrid family (biology), family Pseudomelatomidae.
Description
The length of the shell varies between 7 mm ...
''
(C. B. Adams, 1845)
* ''Pilsbryspira pilsbryi''
Bartsch, 1950: synonym of ''
Pilsbryspira nodata''
(C. B. Adams, 1850)
* ''Pilsbryspira rustica''
Carpenter, 1857: synonym of ''
Pilsbryspira aterrima''
(Sowerby I, 1834)
* ''Pilsbryspira zebra''
Lamarck, J.B.P.A. de, 1822 (nomen dubium): synonym of ''
Pilsbryspira leucocyma''
(Dall, 1884)
References
External links
*
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
Gastropod genera
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