Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Pyropsidae
Alternative spelling: Tudicla (Pyropsis)
Parent taxon: Pyropsidae according to R. L. Squires 2011
See also Harris and Palmer 1947, Saul 1988, Sepkoski 2002, Sohl 1964, Sohl 1964, Stilwell 1993 and Stilwell et al. 2004
Sister taxon: Medionapus
Subtaxa: Pyropsis africana Pyropsis aldersoni Pyropsis australis Pyropsis bairdi Pyropsis californica Pyropsis coloradoensis Pyropsis cornutus Pyropsis elongata Pyropsis fantozzii Pyropsis filamentosa Pyropsis forbesiana Pyropsis gabbi Pyropsis grahami Pyropsis hombroniana Pyropsis interstriata Pyropsis interstriatus Pyropsis lanhami Pyropsis louellae Pyropsis nodifera Pyropsis nodulifera Pyropsis patagonica Pyropsis perlata Pyropsis perornatus Pyropsis prolixa Pyropsis proxima Pyropsis spinosus Pyropsis striata Pyropsis zinsmeisteri
Type: Pyropsis australis
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of Mexico (1 collection)
• Paleocene to Eocene of Australia (1)
• Paleocene of Antarctica (1), Argentina (1), New Zealand (2), United States (22: California, Maryland, New Jersey, Virginia)
• Cretaceous to Paleogene of United States (1: New Jersey)
• Cretaceous of Argentina (3), Brazil (1), Canada (1: British Columbia), Mexico (1), South Africa (2), United States (124: Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Delaware, Georgia, Maryland, Mississippi, Missouri, New Jersey, New Mexico, North Carolina, Tennessee, Texas)
Total: 161 collections including 179 occurrences
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