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Pyrazus

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Pyrazus
Temporal range: Eocene–Recent[1]
Pyrazus scalatus from the Pliocene of Florida
Scientific classification Edit this classification
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

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Species within the genus Pyrazus include:

References

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  1. ^ 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].
  2. ^ Montfort (1810). Conch. Syst. 2: 458.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ Pyrazus Montfort, 1810. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 28 April 2024.
  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.