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Pyrgospira

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Pseudomelatomidae

Taxonomy
Pyrgospira was named by McLearn (1971). It is extant.

It was assigned to Turridae by Todd (2001); to Cochlespirinae by Rosenberg (2005); and to Pseudomelatomidae by Bouchet et al. (2011).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1971Pyrgospira McLearn
2001Pyrgospira Todd
2005Pyrgospira Rosenberg
2011Pyrgospira Bouchet et al. p. 292

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
RankNameAuthor
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
—Sorbeoconcha(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
—Hypsogastropoda(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superorderLatrogastropodaRiedel 2000
orderNeogastropodaThiele 1929
superfamilyConoidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyPseudomelatomidae(McLearn 1971)
genusPyrgospiraMcLearn 1971

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. Pyrgospira McLearn 1971
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Pyrgospira ostrearum Stearns 1872
Pyrgospira tampaensis Bartsch and Rehder 1939
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: actively mobilesuperf
Life habit: epifaunalsuperf
Diet: carnivoresuperf
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-09-10 08:08:14
Modified: 2009-09-10 10:08:14
Source: superf = superfamily, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Calabrian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 1.80000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 0.774 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Panama Drillia ostrearum (80304)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774USA (Florida) Clathrodrillia ostrearum (41501 41718) Drillia acurugata, Crassispira tampaensis (61309)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774USA (Florida) Clathrodrillia ostrearum (41705)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Crassispira tampaensis (61311) P. tampaensis (96538)