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

Pterygia
Pterygia scabricula
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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

Species

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Species within the genus Pterygia include:[1]

Species brought into synonymy

References

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  1. ^ a b Pterygia Röding, 1798. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 13 December 2018.
  2. ^ Pterygia arctata (Sowerby, 1874). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 April 2010.
  3. ^ Pterygia crenulata (Gmelin, 1791). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 April 2010.
  4. ^ Pterygia dactylus (Linnaeus, 1767). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 April 2010.
  5. ^ Pterygia fenestrata (Lamarck, 181). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 April 2010.
  6. ^ Pterygia japonica Okutani & Matsukuma, 1982. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 April 2010.
  7. ^ Pterygia nucea (Gmelin, 1791). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 April 2010.
  8. ^ Pterygia purtymuni Salisbury, 1998. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 April 2010.
  9. ^ Pterygia sinensis (Reeve, 1844). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 April 2010.
  10. ^ Pterygia undulosa (Reeve, 1844). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 April 2010.
  11. ^ Pterygia pudica (Pease, 1860). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 April 2010.
  • 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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