Pyrazus
Genus of gastropods
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Pyrazus is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Batillariidae.[3][4] Pyriazidae is a synonym of Batillariidae[3] and Pyrazus is the type genus of the Pyriazidae.[3]
| Pyrazus Temporal range: | |
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| Pyrazus scalatus from the Pliocene of Florida | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | incertae sedis |
| Family: | Batillariidae |
| Genus: | Pyrazus Montfort, 1810[2] |
Species
Species within the genus Pyrazus include:
- Pyrazus eriensis (Mörch, 1876)[5]
- Pyrazus ebeninus (Bruguière, 1792)[6]
- † Pyrazus pentagonatus (Schlotheim, 1820) - from Eocene of Hungary[1]