Pyrazus

Pyrazus Temporal range: Eocene–Recent^[1] PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda clade Sorbeoconcha
Superfamily:	Cerithioidea
Family:	Batillariidae
Genus:	Pyrazus Montfort, 1810^[2]

Pyrazus is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Batillariidae.^[3] Pyriazidae is a synonym of Batillariidae^[3] and Pyrazus is the type genus of the Pyriazidae.^[3]

Pyrazus is (incorrectly?) classified within Potamididae at WoRMS.^[4]

Species

Species within the genus Pyrazus include:

^ ^a ^b Bandel K. (2006). "Families of the Cerithioidea and related superfamilies (Palaeo-Caenogastropoda; Mollusca) from the Triassic to the Recent characterized by protoconch morphology - including the description of new taxa". Freiberger Forschungshefte C 511: 59-138. PDF.
^ Montfort (1810). Conch. Syst. 2: 458.
^ ^a ^b ^c Bouchet P., Rocroi J.-P., Frýda J., Hausdorf B., Ponder W., Valdés Á. & Warén A. (2005). "Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families". Malacologia: International Journal of Malacology (Hackenheim, Germany: ConchBooks) 47 (1-2): 1–397. ISBN 3925919724. ISSN 0076-2997. http://www.archive.org/details/malacologia47122005inst.
^ Pyrazus Montfort, 1810. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=204441 on 17 May 2010.
^ Pyrazus eriensis (Mörch, 1876). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=473602 on 17 May 2010.
^ Pyrazus ebeninus (Bruguière, 1792). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=446439 on 17 May 2010.