Pyrgocythara Explained

Pyrgocythara is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Mangeliidae.

The type species is the Pliocene: Pyrgocythara eminula, which is probably the same as the Recent Pleurotoma trilineata (synonym of Cryoturris trilineata) ^[1]

Distribution

This genus occurs in the Western Atlantic Ocean, the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico.

Species

Species within the genus Pyrgocythara include:

• Pyrgocythara albovittata
• Pyrgocythara angulosa
• Pyrgocythara annaclaireleeae
• Pyrgocythara astricta (nomen dubium)
• Pyrgocythara cinctella
• Pyrgocythara crassicostata
• Pyrgocythara danae
• Pyrgocythara densestriata
• Pyrgocythara dubia
• Pyrgocythara emersoni
• Pyrgocythara emeryi
• † Pyrgocythara eminula
• Pyrgocythara filosa
• Pyrgocythara fuscoligata
• Pyrgocythara guarani
• Pyrgocythara hamata
• Pyrgocythara helena
• Pyrgocythara hemphilli
• Pyrgocythara juliocesari
• Pyrgocythara laqueata (taxon inquirendum)
• Pyrgocythara mairelae
• Pyrgocythara melita
• Pyrgocythara mighelsi
• Pyrgocythara nodulosa
• Pyrgocythara plicosa
• Pyrgocythara scammoni
• Pyrgocythara subdiaphana
• † Pyrgocythara turrispiralata
• Pyrgocythara urceolata
• Pyrgocythara vicina

Species brought into synonymy:

• Pyrgocythara arbela : synonym of Pyrgocythara hemphilli
• Pyrgocythara balteata : synonym of Ithycythara lanceolata (nomen dubium)
• Pyrgocythara brunnea : synonym of Pyrgocythara plicosa
• Pyrgocythara candidissima : synonym of Agathotoma candidissima
• Pyrgocythara caribaea : synonym of Pyrgocythara cinctella
• Pyrgocythara cerea : synonym of Pyrgocythara hamata
• Pyrgocythara coxi : synonym of Agathotoma coxi
• Pyrgocythara fusca : synonym of Pyrgocythara cinctella
• Pyrgocythara hilli : synonym of Pyrgocythara melita
• Pyrgocythara jewetti : synonym of Pyrgocythara plicosa
• Pyrgocythara lavalleana : synonym of Cryoturris lavalleana
• Pyrgocythara luteofasciata : synonym of Pyrgocythara albovittata
• Pyrgocythara metria : synonym of Vitricythara metria
• Pyrgocythara obesicostata : synonym of Pyrgocythara guarani
• Pyrgocythara pederseni : synonym of Pyrgocythara danae
• Pyrgocythara phaethusa : synonym of Notocytharella phaethusa
• Pyrgocythara plicata : synonym of Pyrgocythara plicosa

References

• Woodring, W.P. (1928) Miocene mollusks from Bowden, Jamaica. Part II. Gastropods and discussion of results. Contributions to the geology and paleontology of the West Indies. Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication, 385, vii + 1–564, 40 pls.

External links

• Todd, Jonathan A. "Systematic list of gastropods in the Panama Paleontology Project collections." Budd and Foster 2006 (1996)
• Scarponi, Daniele, et al. "Middle Miocene conoidean gastropods from western Ukraine (Paratethys): Integrative taxonomy, palaeoclimatogical and palaeobiogeographical implications." Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 61.2 (2015): 327-344.
• Bouchet P., Kantor Yu.I., Sysoev A. & Puillandre N. (2011) A new operational classification of the Conoidea. Journal of Molluscan Studies 77: 273-308.
• Tucker . J.K. . 2004 . Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda) . PDF . Zootaxa . 682 . 1–1295 .
• Worldwide Mollusc Species Data Base: Mangeliidae

Notes and References

1. https://www.academia.edu/4272489 Faber, M. J. "Marine gastropods from Cuba described by Louis Pfeiffer: type specimens and identifications with the introduction of Gibberula pfeifferi new name (Mollusca: Gastropoda)." Miscellanea Malacologica 1.3 (2004): 49-71.