Pyrgospira

Pyrgospira
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Pseudomelatomidae
Genus:	Pyrgospira McLean, 1971
Type species
Pleurotoma obeliscus Reeve, 1845

Pyrgospira is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Pseudomelatomidae, ^[1]

Species

Species within the genus Pyrgospira include:

• Pyrgospira candace (Dall, 1919)^[2]
• Pyrgospira obeliscus (Reeve, 1845)^[3]
• Pyrgospira ostrearum (Stearns, 1872)^[4]
• Pyrgospira plicosa (Adams C. B., 1850)^[5]
• Pyrgospira tampaensis (Bartsch & Rehder, 1939)^[6]

Species brought into synonymy

• Pyrgospira fuscescens (Reeve, 1843): synonym of Crassispira fuscescens (Reeve, 1843)

References

1. Pyrgospira McLean, 1971.  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 16 April 2010.
2. Pyrgospira candace (Dall, 1919).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 16 April 2010.
3. Pyrgospira obeliscus (Reeve, 1845).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 16 April 2010.
4. Pyrgospira ostrearum (Stearns, 1872).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 16 April 2010.
5. Pyrgospira plicosa (Adams C. B., 1850).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 16 April 2010.
6. Pyrgospira tampaensis (Bartsch & Rehder, 1939).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 16 April 2010.

• McLean, J.H. (1971) A revised classification of the family Turridae, with the proposal of new subfamilies, genera, and subgenera from the Eastern Pacific. The Veliger, 14, 114–130