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Pyrgospira

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

Species

GENUS

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumMollusca
  3. ClassGastropoda
  4. OrderNeogastropoda
  5. FamilyPseudomelatomidae
Habitatmarine

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Specimen records
104
With media
1
Family
Pseudomelatomidae
Collections
USNM, SDSM, UF
Recorded in
Panama, United States, Venezuela, Bahamas

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Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
Turridae
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Pyrgospira tampaensis 01.JPG
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taxon name
Pyrgospira
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Pyrgospira is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Pseudomelatomidae, the turrids and allies

==Species== Species within the genus Pyrgospira include: Pyrgospira aenone Dall, 1919 Pyrgospira candace (Dall, 1919) Pyrgospira ostrearum (Stearns, 1872) Pyrgospira tampaensis (Bartsch & Rehder, 1939) Species brought into synonymy: † Pyrgospira acurugata Dall, 1890: synonym of † Strictispira acurugata (Dall, 1890) Pyrgospira fuscescens (Reeve, 1843): synonym of Crassispira fuscescens (Reeve, 1843) Pyrgospira nautica Pilsbry & Lowe, 1932: synonym of Pyrgospira aenone (Dall, 1919) Pyrgospira obeliscus (Reeve, 1845): synonym of Pyrgospira aenone (Dall, 1919) Pyrgospira plicosa (Adams C. B., 1850): synonym of Pyrgocythara plicosa (C. B. Adams, 1850) Pyrgospira tomliniana Melvill, 1927 : synonym of Pyrgospira aenone (Dall, 1919)

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