Pyrazus

Pyrazus
Temporal range: Eocene–Recent[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Sorbeoconcha
Superfamily: Cerithioidea
Family: Batillariidae
Genus: Pyrazus

Pyrazus is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Batillariidae.[3] Pyriazidae is a synonym of Batillariidae[3] and Pyrazus is the type genus of the Pyriazidae.[3]

Pyrazus is (incorrectly?) classified within Potamididae at WoRMS.[4]

Species

Species within the genus Pyrazus include:

Pyrazus scalatus from the Pliocene of Florida

References

  1. 1 2 Bandel K. (2006). "Families of the Cerithioidea and related superfamilies (Palaeo-Caenogastropoda; Mollusca) from the Triassic to the Recent characterized by protoconch morphology - including the description of new taxa". Freiberger Forschungshefte C 511: 59-138. PDF.
  2. ↑ Montfort (1810). Conch. Syst. 2: 458.
  3. 1 2 3 Bouchet, Philippe; Rocroi, Jean-Pierre; Frýda, Jiri; Hausdorf, Bernard; Ponder, Winston; Valdés, Ángel & Warén, Anders (2005). "Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families". Malacologia. Hackenheim, Germany: ConchBooks. 47 (1–2): 1–397. ISBN 3-925919-72-4. ISSN 0076-2997.
  4. ↑ Pyrazus Montfort, 1810.  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 17 May 2010.
  5. ↑ Pyrazus eriensis (Mörch, 1876).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 17 May 2010.
  6. ↑ Pyrazus ebeninus (Bruguière, 1792).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 17 May 2010.


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