Pyrazus
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Pyrazus is a genus
of sea snail
s, marine
gastropod mollusks in the family
Batillariidae
. Pyriazidae is a synonym of Batillariidae and Pyrazus is the type genus
of the Pyriazidae.
Pyrazus is (incorrectly?) classified within Potamididae
at WoRMS.
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of sea snail
Sea snail
Sea snail is a common name for those snails that normally live in saltwater, marine gastropod molluscs....
s, marine
Marine (ocean)
Marine is an umbrella term. As an adjective it is usually applicable to things relating to the sea or ocean, such as marine biology, marine ecology and marine geology...
gastropod mollusks in the family
Family (biology)
In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...
Batillariidae
Batillariidae
Batillariidae, common name batillariids or mudcreepers, are a family of marine, cerithioidean gastropod molluscs in the clade Sorbeoconcha.They consist of 14 living species, classified in six to eight genera....
. Pyriazidae is a synonym of Batillariidae and Pyrazus is the type genus
Type genus
In biological classification, a type genus is a representative genus, as with regard to a biological family. The term and concept is used much more often and much more formally in zoology than it is in botany, and the definition is dependent on the nomenclatural Code that applies:* In zoological...
of the Pyriazidae.
Pyrazus is (incorrectly?) classified within Potamididae
Potamididae
Potamididae, common name potamidids , are a family of small to large brackish water snails living in mangroves, gastropod molluscs of the clade Sorbeoconcha. Traditionally, potamidids and batillariids have been confused with each other for having similar shells and living in a similar environment...
at WoRMS.
Species
Species within the genus Pyrazus include:- Pyrazus eriensisPyrazus eriensisPyrazus eriensis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Batillariidae....
(Mörch, 1876) - Pyrazus ebeninusPyrazus ebeninusPyrazus ebeninus, commonly known as Hercules Club Mud Whelk, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Batillariidae....
(Bruguière, 1792) - † Pyrazus pentagonatus (Schlotheim, 1820) - from Eocene of Hungary