Pyrazus

Pyrazus Temporal range: Eocene–Recent[1] PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Pyrazus scalatus from the Pliocene of Florida
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
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

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

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^{[permanent dead link]}.
2. Montfort (1810). Conch. Syst. 2: 458.
3. 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.
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.