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Pyrene

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Columbellidae

Taxonomy

Pyrene was named by Röding (1798) [Sepkoski's age data: T Eo R Sepkoski's reference number: 909]. It is extant.

It was assigned to Pyrenidae by Grant and IV and Gale (1931); to Pyreninae by Wilson (1994); to Columbellidae by MacNeil (1960), Ladd (1977), Harzhauser (2002); and to Neogastropoda by Sepkoski (2002).

Species

P. (Alia), P. (Pyrene), P. ocellata, P. scripta, P. testudinaria, P. turturina

Species lacking formal opinion data

P. bandongensis, P. carinata, P. flava, P. korytnicensis, P. ligula, P. pardalina, P. semicaudata

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1798	Pyrene Röding
1931	Pyrene Grant, IV and Gale p. 680
1960	Pyrene MacNeil p. 66
1977	Pyrene Ladd p. 47
1994	Pyrene Wilson p. 106
2002	Pyrene Harzhauser p. 98
2002	Pyrene Sepkoski

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca
class	Gastropoda

Rank	Name	Author
subclass	Caenogastropoda	(Cox 1959)
—	Sorbeoconcha	(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
—	Hypsogastropoda	(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superorder	Latrogastropoda	Riedel 2000
order	Neogastropoda	Thiele 1929
superfamily	Buccinoidea	(Rafinesque 1815)
family	Columbellidae	Swainson 1840
genus	Pyrene	Röding 1798

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. Pyrene Röding 1798

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Subg. Pyrene (Alia) Adams and Adams 1853 [dovesnail]

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Alia carinata Hinds 1844 [carinate dovesnail]

Invalid names: Columbella (Astyris) californiana Gaskoin 1851 [synonym]

Alia unifasciata Sowerby 1832

†Columbella (Alia) bandongensis Martin 1879

Columbella (Alia) tegalensis Oostingh 1935

†Pyrene (Alia) polonica Pusch 1837

Invalid names: Columbella (Alia) carinata hindsi Reeve 1858 [invalid subgroup]

Subg. Pyrene (Pyrene) Bolten 1798