''Pyrgospira'' is a
genus
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of
sea snail
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s, marine
gastropod
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This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, freshwater, and fro ...
mollusk
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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 ...
, the turrids and allies
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Species
Species
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within the
genus
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''Pyrgospira'' include:
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Pyrgospira aenone''
Dall, 1919
*''
Pyrgospira candace''
(Dall, 1919)
*''
Pyrgospira ostrearum''
(Stearns, 1872)
*''
Pyrgospira tampaensis''
(Bartsch & Rehder, 1939)
;Species brought into synonymy:
* † ''Pyrgospira acurugata''
Dall, 1890: synonym of † ''
Strictispira acurugata
''Strictispira acurugata'' is an extinct species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudomelatomidae, the turrids and allies.MolluscaBase (2018). Strictispira acurugata (Dall, 1890) †. Accessed through: World Registe ...
''
(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): synonym of ''
Pyrgospira aenone''
(Dall, 1919)
*''Pyrgospira plicosa''
(Adams C. B., 1850):
synonym of ''
Pyrgocythara plicosa''
(C. B. Adams, 1850)
*''Pyrgospira tomliniana''
Melvill, 1927 : synonym of ''Pyrgospira aenone''
(Dall, 1919)
References
External links
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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
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
Pseudomelatomidae
Gastropod genera
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