Pyrgospira

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Pyrgospira
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Pyrgospira tampaensis
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Pseudomelatomidae
Genus: Pyrgospira
McLean, 1971
Type species
Pleurotoma obeliscus
Reeve, 1845
Species

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Pyrgospira is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Pseudomelatomidae, the turrids and allies [1]

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Species

Species within the genus Pyrgospira include:

Species brought into synonymy

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References

  1. ↑ Pyrgospira McLean, 1971 . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species . Retrieved 16 April 2010.
  2. ↑ Pyrgospira candace (Dall, 1919) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species . Retrieved 16 April 2010.
  3. ↑ Pyrgospira ostrearum (Stearns, 1872) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species . Retrieved 16 April 2010.
  4. ↑ Pyrgospira tampaensis (Bartsch & Rehder, 1939) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species . Retrieved 16 April 2010.
  5. ↑ Pyrgospira obeliscus (Reeve, 1845) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species . Retrieved 16 April 2010.
  6. ↑ Pyrgospira plicosa (Adams C. B., 1850) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 16 April 2010.


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