Pyrazus Explained

Pyrazus is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Batillariidae. Pyriazidae is a synonym of Batillariidae and Pyrazus is the type genus of the Pyriazidae.

Species

Species within the genus Pyrazus include:

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

Notes and References

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.