Pyrgocythara
Pyrgocythara is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Mangeliidae.
The type species is the Pliocene: Pyrgocythara eminula, which is probably the same as the Recent Pleurotoma trilineataDistribution
This genus occurs in the Western Atlantic Ocean, the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico.Species
Species within the genus Pyrgocythara include:
- Pyrgocythara albovittata
- Pyrgocythara angulosa
- Pyrgocythara annaclaireleeae
- Pyrgocythara astricta
- Pyrgocythara cinctella
- Pyrgocythara crassicostata
- Pyrgocythara danae
- Pyrgocythara densestriata
- Pyrgocythara dubia
- Pyrgocythara emersoni
- Pyrgocythara emeryi
- † Pyrgocythara eminula
- Pyrgocythara filosa
- Pyrgocythara fuscoligata
- Pyrgocythara guarani
- Pyrgocythara hamata
- Pyrgocythara helena
- Pyrgocythara hemphilli
- Pyrgocythara juliocesari
- Pyrgocythara laqueata
- Pyrgocythara mairelae
- Pyrgocythara melita
- Pyrgocythara mighelsi
- Pyrgocythara nodulosa
- Pyrgocythara plicosa
- Pyrgocythara scammoni
- Pyrgocythara subdiaphana
- † Pyrgocythara turrispiralata
- Pyrgocythara urceolata
- Pyrgocythara vicina
;Species brought into synonymy:
- Pyrgocythara arbela : synonym of Pyrgocythara hemphilli
- Pyrgocythara balteata : synonym of Ithycythara lanceolata
- Pyrgocythara brunnea : synonym of Pyrgocythara plicosa
- Pyrgocythara candidissima : synonym of Agathotoma candidissima
- Pyrgocythara caribaea : synonym of Pyrgocythara cinctella
- Pyrgocythara cerea : synonym of Pyrgocythara hamata
- Pyrgocythara coxi : synonym of Agathotoma coxi
- Pyrgocythara fusca : synonym of Pyrgocythara cinctella
- Pyrgocythara hilli : synonym of Pyrgocythara melita
- Pyrgocythara jewetti : synonym of Pyrgocythara plicosa
- Pyrgocythara lavalleana : synonym of Cryoturris lavalleana
- Pyrgocythara luteofasciata : synonym of Pyrgocythara albovittata
- Pyrgocythara metria : synonym of Vitricythara metria
- Pyrgocythara obesicostata : synonym of Pyrgocythara guarani
- Pyrgocythara pederseni : synonym of Pyrgocythara danae
- Pyrgocythara phaethusa : synonym of Notocytharella phaethusa
- Pyrgocythara plicata : synonym of Pyrgocythara plicosa
