Pyrazus

Short description: Genus of gastropods

Pyrazus

Temporal range: Eocene–Recent[1]

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Scientific classification
Kingdom:  |

Animalia

Phylum:  |

Mollusca

Class:  |

Gastropoda

(unranked):  |

clade Caenogastropoda
clade Sorbeoconcha

Superfamily:  |

Cerithioidea

Family:  |

Batillariidae

Genus:  |

Pyrazus

Montfort, 1810[2]

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

* Pyrazus eriensis (Mörch, 1876)[5]
* Pyrazus ebeninus (Bruguière, 1792)[6]
* † Pyrazus pentagonatus (Schlotheim, 1820) - from Eocene of Hungary[1]

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 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[yes|permanent dead link|dead link}}].
2. ↑ Montfort (1810). Conch. Syst. 2: 458.
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 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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