Pyrgocythara | |
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Shells of Pyrgocythara densestriata | |
Scientific classification | |
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 eminulaWoodring, 1928, which is probably the same as the Recent Pleurotoma trilineata C.B. Adams, 1845 (synonym of Cryoturris trilineata (C. B. Adams, 1845)) [2]
This genus occurs in the Western Atlantic Ocean, the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico.
Species within the genus Pyrgocythara include:
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Teinostoma is a genus of minute sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the family Tornidae.
Cerodrillia is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Drilliidae.
Clathrodrillia is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Drilliidae.
Drillia is a genus of small sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Drilliidae.
Pilsbryspira is a genus of small predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Pseudomelatomidae.
Zonulispira is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Pseudomelatomidae.
Daphnella is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Raphitomidae.
Pyrgospira is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Pseudomelatomidae, the turrids and allies
Cryoturris is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Mangeliidae.
Glyphoturris is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Mangeliidae.
Ithycythara is a genus of small sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Mangeliidae.
Kurtziella is a genus of small, predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Mangeliidae. Prior to a 2011 genetic revision, the genus used to be included in the family Conidae.
Mangelia is a large genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Mangeliidae.
Tenaturris is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Mangeliidae.
Agathotoma is a genus of minute sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the family Mangeliidae.
Nassarina is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Columbellidae, the dove snails.
Pusia is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Costellariidae.
Rissoina is a large genus of minute sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks or micromollusks, in the family Rissoinidae.
Vitrinella is a genus of minute sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the family Vitrinellidae.