Pyrgospira is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Pseudomelatomidae, the turrids and allies Retrieved 16 April 2010.
Species Species within the genus Pyrgospira include:
Pyrgospira aenone Dall, 1919 Pyrgospira candace (Dall, 1919) Retrieved 16 April 2010. Pyrgospira ostrearum (Stearns, 1872) Retrieved 16 April 2010. Pyrgospira tampaensis (Bartsch & Rehder, 1939) Retrieved 16 April 2010.
Species brought into synonymy † Pyrgospira acurugata Dall, 1890: synonym of † Strictispira acurugata (Dall, 1890) Pyrgospira fuscescens (Reeve, 1843): synonym of Crassispira fuscescens (Reeve, 1843) Pyrgospira nautica Pilsbry & Lowe, 1932: synonym of Pyrgospira aenone (Dall, 1919) Pyrgospira obeliscus (Reeve, 1845): Retrieved 16 April 2010. synonym of Pyrgospira aenone (Dall, 1919) Pyrgospira plicosa (Adams C. B., 1850): synonym of Pyrgocythara plicosa (C. B. Adams, 1850) Pyrgospira tomliniana Melvill, 1927 : synonym of Pyrgospira aenone (Dall, 1919)
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McLean, J.H. (1971) A revised classification of the family Turridae, with the proposal of new subfamilies, genera, and subgenera from the Eastern Pacific. The Veliger, 14, 114–130 Worldwide Mollusc Species Data Base: Pseudomelatomidae Bouchet, P.; Kantor, Y. I.; Sysoev, A.; Puillandre, N. (2011). A new operational classification of the Conoidea (Gastropoda). Journal of Molluscan Studies. 77(3): 273-308