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Pyrgocythara

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Mangeliidae

Taxonomy
Pyrgocythara was named by Woodring (1928) [Sepkoski's age data: T Mi-l R]. It is extant.

It was assigned to Mangeliinae by Woodring (1928); to Turridae by Todd (2001); to Neogastropoda by Sepkoski (2002); and to Mangeliidae by Bouchet et al. (2011).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1928Pyrgocythara Woodring p. 171
2001Pyrgocythara Todd
2002Pyrgocythara Sepkoski
2011Pyrgocythara Bouchet et al. p. 281

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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)
familyMangeliidae(Fischer 1884)
genusPyrgocythara

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. Pyrgocythara Woodring 1928
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Pyrgocythara eminula Woodring 1928
Pyrgocythara turrispiralata Scarpioni et al. 2016
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available