Pyrazus
| Pyrazus Temporal range: | |
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| Pyrazus scalatus from the Pliocene of Florida | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Family: | Batillariidae |
| Genus: | Pyrazus Montfort, 1810[2] |
Pyrazus is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Batillariidae.[3][4] Pyriazidae is a synonym of Batillariidae[3] and Pyrazus is the type genus of the Pyriazidae.[3]
Species
Species within the genus Pyrazus include:
- Pyrazus eriensis (Mörch, 1876)[5]
- Pyrazus ebeninus (Bruguière, 1792)[6]
- † Pyrazus pentagonatus (Schlotheim, 1820) - from Eocene of Hungary[1]
References
- ^ a b 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[permanent dead link].
- ^ Montfort (1810). Conch. Syst. 2: 458.
- ^ a b c Bouchet, Philippe; Rocroi, Jean-Pierre; Frýda, Jiri; Hausdorf, Bernard; Ponder, Winston; Valdés, Ángel & Warén, Anders (2005). "Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families". Malacologia. 47 (1–2). Hackenheim, Germany: ConchBooks: 1–397. ISBN 3-925919-72-4. ISSN 0076-2997.
- ^ Pyrazus Montfort, 1810. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 28 April 2024.
- ^ 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.