Pterygia (gastropod)

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Pterygia
File:Pterygia scabricula 002.jpg
Pterygia scabricula
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Mitroidea
Family: Mitridae
Subfamily: Cylindromitrinae
Genus: Pterygia
Röding, 1798
Type species
Voluta dactylus
Linnaeus, 1767
Synonyms
  • Acuticylindra Iredale, 1929
  • Cylindra Schumacher, 1817 (invalid: junior homonym of Cylindra, Illiger 1802 [Coleoptera]; Cylindromitra is a replacement name)
  • Cylindromitra P. Fischer, 1884
  • Mitra (Cylindra) Schumacher, 1817

Pterygia is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Cylindromitrinae of the family Mitridae.[1]

Species

Species within the genus Pterygia include:[1]

Species brought into synonymy

References

  • Cernohorsky W.O. (1991). The Mitridae of the world. Part 2. The subfamily Mitrinae concluded and subfamilies Imbricariinae and Cylindromitrinae. Monographs of Marine Mollusca. 4: ii + 164 pp

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