Gastropoda - Cerithioidea - Batillariidae
Alternative spellings: Potamides (Pyrazisinus), Pyrazus (Pyrazisinus), Terebralia (Pyrazisinus)
Parent taxon: Batillariidae according to M. Harzhauser 2007
See also Olsson 1967, Petuch 1997, Petuch 2004, Sepkoski 2002, Todd 2001 and Weisbord 1929
Sister taxa: Batillaria, Batillariella, Granulolabium, Indobatillaria, Lampanella, Pyrazopsis, Pyrazus, Rhinocoryne, Velacumantus, Vicinocerithium, Zeacumanthus, Pyrazella, Terebraliopsis
Subtaxa: Pyrazisinus campanulatus Pyrazisinus cochlear Pyrazisinus kendrewi Pyrazisinus monstrosus Pyrazisinus ultimus Pyrazus (Pyrazisinus) scalinus
Type: Pyrazisinus campanulatus
Ecology: epifaunal grazer
Distribution:
• Quaternary of United States (10: Florida collections)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of United States (1: Florida)
• Pliocene of United States (3: Florida), Venezuela (1)
• Miocene to Pliocene of the Dominican Republic (1)
• Miocene of the Dominican Republic (1)
• Oligocene to Miocene of United States (13: Florida, Georgia)
• Oligocene of Oman (2), United States (1: Florida)
Total: 33 collections including 46 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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