Pyrene (gastropod)

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Pyrene
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A shell of Pyrene punctata
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Buccinoidea
Family: Columbellidae
Genus: Pyrene
Röding, 1798
Synonyms
  • Columbella (Conidea)Swainson, 1840
  • ConideaSwainson, 1840

Pyrene is a genus of small sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Columbellidae. [1]

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Species

Pyrene marmorata Pyrene marmorata 001.jpg
Pyrene marmorata

Species within the genus Pyrene include:

Species brought into synonymy

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