Pyrgocythara

Pyrgocythara is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Mangeliidae.^[1]

Pyrgocythara
Shells of Pyrgocythara densestriata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Mangeliidae
Genus:	Pyrgocythara Woodring, 1928
Species
See text

The type species is the Pliocene: Pyrgocythara eminula Woodring, 1928, which is probably the same as the Recent Pleurotoma trilineata C.B. Adams, 1845 (synonym of Cryoturris trilineata (C. B. Adams, 1845)) ^[2]

Distribution

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 (Adams C. B., 1845)^[3]
• Pyrgocythara angulosa McLean & Poorman, 1971^[4]
• Pyrgocythara annaclaireleeae (García, 2008)
• Pyrgocythara astricta (L.A. Reeve, 1846) (nomen dubium)
• Pyrgocythara cinctella (Pfeiffer, 1840)^[5]
• Pyrgocythara crassicostata (C. B. Adams, 1850)
• Pyrgocythara danae (Dall, 1919)^[6]
• Pyrgocythara densestriata (Adams C. B., 1850)^[7]
• Pyrgocythara dubia (Adams C. B., 1845)^[8]
• Pyrgocythara emersoni Shasky, 1971^[9]
• Pyrgocythara emeryi Fargo, 1953
• † Pyrgocythara eminula Woodring, 1928
• Pyrgocythara filosa Rehder, 1943^[10]
• Pyrgocythara fuscoligata (Carpenter, 1856)^[11]
• Pyrgocythara guarani (Orbigny, 1841)^[12]
• Pyrgocythara hamata (Carpenter, 1865)^[13]
• Pyrgocythara helena (Dall, 1919)^[14]
• Pyrgocythara hemphilli Bartsch & Rehder, 1939^[15]
• Pyrgocythara juliocesari Fernández-Garcés & Rolán, 2010
• Pyrgocythara laqueata (Reeve, 1846) (taxon inquirendum)
• Pyrgocythara mairelae Fernández-Garcés & Rolán, 2010
• Pyrgocythara melita (Dall, 1919)^[16]
• Pyrgocythara mighelsi (Kay, 1979)
• Pyrgocythara nodulosa Sysoev & Ivanov, 1985^[17]
• Pyrgocythara plicosa (C. B. Adams, 1850)^[18]
• Pyrgocythara scammoni (Dall, 1919)^[19]
• Pyrgocythara subdiaphana (Carpenter, 1864)^[20]
• † Pyrgocythara turrispiralata Scarponi, Daniele, et al., 2015
• Pyrgocythara urceolata Rolán & Otero-Schmitt, 1999^[21]
• Pyrgocythara vicina (C. B. Adams, 1850)

Species brought into synonymy

• Pyrgocythara arbela W.H. Dall, 1919: synonym of Pyrgocythara hemphilli P. Bartsch & H.A. Rehder, 1939
• Pyrgocythara balteata (Reeve, 1846):^[22] synonym of Ithycythara lanceolata (C. B. Adams, 1850) (nomen dubium)
• Pyrgocythara brunnea B.F. Perkins, 1869: synonym of Pyrgocythara plicosa (Adams, 1850)
• Pyrgocythara candidissima (Adams C. B., 1845):^[23] synonym of Agathotoma candidissima (C. B. Adams, 1845)
• Pyrgocythara caribaea (Orbigny, 1842):^[24] synonym of Pyrgocythara cinctella (Pfeiffer, 1840)
• Pyrgocythara cerea P.P. Carpenter, 1865: synonym of Pyrgocythara hamata (P.P. Carpenter, 1865)
• Pyrgocythara coxi Fargo, 1953: synonym of Agathotoma coxi (Fargo, 1953)
• Pyrgocythara fusca (C. B. Adams, 1845): synonym of Pyrgocythara cinctella (Pfeiffer, 1840)
• Pyrgocythara hilli L.G. Hertlein & A.M. Strong, 1951: synonym of Pyrgocythara melita (W.H. Dall, 1919)
• Pyrgocythara jewetti R.E.C. Stearns, 1875: synonym of Pyrgocythara plicosa (Adams, 1850)
• Pyrgocythara lavalleana (d'Orbigny, 1847): synonym of Cryoturris lavalleana (d'Orbigny, 1847)
• Pyrgocythara luteofasciata (L.A. Reeve, 1845) : synonym of Pyrgocythara albovittata (C.B. Adams, 1845)
• Pyrgocythara metria (Dall, 1903): synonym of Vitricythara metria (Dall, 1903)
• Pyrgocythara obesicostata L.A. Reeve, 1846: synonym of Pyrgocythara guarani (A.V.M.D. D'Orbigny, 1841)
• Pyrgocythara pederseni L.G. Hertlein & A.M. Strong, 1951: synonym of Pyrgocythara danae (W.H. Dall, 1919)
• Pyrgocythara phaethusa (Dall, 1919): synonym of Notocytharella phaethusa (Dall, 1919)
• Pyrgocythara plicata C.B. Adams, 1840: synonym of Pyrgocythara plicosa (Adams, 1850)