Pyrazus

Genus of gastropods

Pyrazus

Temporal range: Eocene–Recent[1]

PreꞒ

Pyrazus scalatus from the Pliocene of Florida
Scientific classification
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:

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

## 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 0076-2997.1–2&rft.pages=1-397&rft.date=2005&rft.issn=0076-2997&rft.isbn=3-925919-72-4&rft.aulast=Bouchet&rft.aufirst=Philippe&rft.au=Rocroi,+Jean-Pierre&rft.au=Frýda,+Jiri&rft.au=Hausdorf,+Bernard&rft.au=Ponder,+Winston&rft.au=Valdés,+Ángel&rft.au=Warén,+Anders&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:Pyrazus" class="Z3988">
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.

Taxon identifiers

Pyrazus|

* Wikidata: Q7263420
* Wikispecies: Pyrazus
* AFD: Pyrazus
* BOLD: 165540
* GBIF: 5429466
* iNaturalist: 416327
* IRMNG: 1298215
* NCBI: 145544
* Open Tree of Life: 886939
* Paleobiology Database: 10393
* WoRMS: 204441

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