Pyrgocythara

Pyrgocythara is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Mangeliidae.

The type species is the Pliocene: Pyrgocythara eminula Woodring, 1928, which is probably the same as the Recent Pleurotoma trilineata C.B. Adams, 1845 (synonym of Cryoturris trilineata (C. B. Adams, 1845))

Distribution
This genus occurs in the Western Atlantic Ocean, the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico.

Species
Species within the genus Pyrgocythara include:


 * Pyrgocythara albovittata (Adams C. B., 1845)
 * Pyrgocythara angulosa McLean & Poorman, 1971
 * Pyrgocythara annaclaireleeae (García, 2008)
 * Pyrgocythara astricta (L.A. Reeve, 1846) (nomen dubium)
 * Pyrgocythara cinctella (Pfeiffer, 1840)
 * Pyrgocythara crassicostata (C. B. Adams, 1850)
 * Pyrgocythara danae (Dall, 1919)
 * Pyrgocythara densestriata (Adams C. B., 1850)
 * Pyrgocythara dubia (Adams C. B., 1845)
 * Pyrgocythara emersoni Shasky, 1971
 * Pyrgocythara emeryi Fargo, 1953
 * † Pyrgocythara eminula Woodring, 1928
 * Pyrgocythara filosa Rehder, 1943
 * Pyrgocythara fuscoligata (Carpenter, 1856)
 * Pyrgocythara guarani (Orbigny, 1841)
 * Pyrgocythara hamata (Carpenter, 1865)
 * Pyrgocythara helena (Dall, 1919)
 * Pyrgocythara hemphilli Bartsch & Rehder, 1939
 * Pyrgocythara juliocesari Fernández-Garcés & Rolán, 2010
 * Pyrgocythara laqueata (Reeve, 1846) (taxon inquirendum)
 * Pyrgocythara mairelae Fernández-Garcés & Rolán, 2010
 * Pyrgocythara melita (Dall, 1919)
 * Pyrgocythara mighelsi (Kay, 1979)
 * Pyrgocythara nodulosa Sysoev & Ivanov, 1985
 * Pyrgocythara plicosa (C. B. Adams, 1850)
 * Pyrgocythara scammoni (Dall, 1919)
 * Pyrgocythara subdiaphana (Carpenter, 1864)
 * † Pyrgocythara turrispiralata Scarponi, Daniele, et al., 2015
 * Pyrgocythara urceolata Rolán & Otero-Schmitt, 1999
 * Pyrgocythara vicina (C. B. Adams, 1850)


 * Species brought into synonymy:
 * Pyrgocythara arbela W.H. Dall, 1919: synonym of Pyrgocythara hemphilli P. Bartsch & H.A. Rehder, 1939
 * Pyrgocythara balteata (Reeve, 1846): synonym of Ithycythara lanceolata (C. B. Adams, 1850) (nomen dubium)
 * Pyrgocythara brunnea B.F. Perkins, 1869: synonym of Pyrgocythara plicosa (Adams, 1850)
 * Pyrgocythara candidissima (Adams C. B., 1845): synonym of Agathotoma candidissima (C. B. Adams, 1845)
 * Pyrgocythara caribaea (Orbigny, 1842): synonym of Pyrgocythara cinctella (Pfeiffer, 1840)
 * Pyrgocythara cerea P.P. Carpenter, 1865: synonym of Pyrgocythara hamata (P.P. Carpenter, 1865)
 * Pyrgocythara coxi Fargo, 1953: synonym of Agathotoma coxi (Fargo, 1953)
 * Pyrgocythara fusca (C. B. Adams, 1845): synonym of Pyrgocythara cinctella (Pfeiffer, 1840)
 * Pyrgocythara hilli L.G. Hertlein & A.M. Strong, 1951: synonym of Pyrgocythara melita (W.H. Dall, 1919)
 * Pyrgocythara jewetti R.E.C. Stearns, 1875: synonym of Pyrgocythara plicosa (Adams, 1850)
 * Pyrgocythara lavalleana (d'Orbigny, 1847): synonym of Cryoturris lavalleana (d'Orbigny, 1847)
 * Pyrgocythara luteofasciata (L.A. Reeve, 1845) : synonym of Pyrgocythara albovittata (C.B. Adams, 1845)
 * Pyrgocythara metria (Dall, 1903): synonym of Vitricythara metria (Dall, 1903)
 * Pyrgocythara obesicostata L.A. Reeve, 1846: synonym of Pyrgocythara guarani (A.V.M.D. D'Orbigny, 1841)
 * Pyrgocythara pederseni L.G. Hertlein & A.M. Strong, 1951: synonym of Pyrgocythara danae (W.H. Dall, 1919)
 * Pyrgocythara phaethusa (Dall, 1919): synonym of Notocytharella phaethusa (Dall, 1919)
 * Pyrgocythara plicata C.B. Adams, 1840: synonym of Pyrgocythara plicosa (Adams, 1850)