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]
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Pyrazus is (incorrectly?) classified within Potamididae at WoRMS.[4]
Species
Species within the genus Pyrazus include:
Pyrazus scalatus from the Pliocene of Florida
- Pyrazus eriensis (Mörch, 1876)[5]
- Pyrazus ebeninus (Bruguière, 1792)[6]
- † Pyrazus pentagonatus (Schlotheim, 1820) - from Eocene of Hungary[1]
References
- 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.
- Montfort (1810). Conch. Syst. 2: 458.
- 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.
- Pyrazus Montfort, 1810. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 17 May 2010.
- Pyrazus eriensis (Mörch, 1876). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 17 May 2010.
- Pyrazus ebeninus (Bruguière, 1792). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 17 May 2010.
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