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Pterorytis Conrad, 1863
403847 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:403847)
accepted
Genus
Murex umbrifer Conrad, 1832 † accepted as Pterorytis umbrifer (Conrad, 1832) † (type by monotypy)
Murex (Pterorytis) Conrad, 1863 † · unaccepted (original rank)
Pterorhytis [sic] · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling
Pterorytis (Neurarhytis) Olsson & Harbison, 1953 · unaccepted
Pterorytis (Pterorytis) Conrad, 1863 · unaccepted > superseded rank
- Species Pterorytis conradi (Dall, 1890) † (accepted > unreplaced junior homonym, junior homonym of Murex conradi A. d'Orbigny, 1850)
- Species Pterorytis fluviana Dall, 1903 †
- Species Pterorytis hamatus (Hinds, 1844)
- Species Pterorytis lindae Petuch, 1994 †
- Species Pterorytis pacanana DeVries, 2005 †
- Species Pterorytis roxaneae Petuch, 1994 †
- Species Pterorytis squamulosa Petuch, 1994 †
- Species Pterorytis umbrifer (Conrad, 1832) †
- Species Pterorytis wilsoni Petuch, 1994 †
- Subgenus Pterorytis (Microrhytis) W. K. Emerson, 1959 † accepted as Ceratostoma Herrmannsen, 1846 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Subgenus Pterorytis (Neurarhytis) Olsson & Harbison, 1953 accepted as Pterorytis Conrad, 1863
- Subgenus Pterorytis (Pterorytis) Conrad, 1863 accepted as Pterorytis Conrad, 1863 (unaccepted > superseded rank)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
(of Murex (Pterorytis) Conrad, 1863 †) Conrad, T. A. (1863). Catalogue of the Miocene shells of the Atlantic slope. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 14(10-12): 559-582. [Published after 12 January 1863, before 26 February 1863]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1952033
page(s): 560 [details]
page(s): 560 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Pterorytis Conrad, 1863. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=403847 on 2025-09-11
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original description
(of Pterorytis (Neurarhytis) Olsson & Harbison, 1953) Olsson, A. A.; Harbison, A. (1953). Pliocene Mollusca of southern Florida with special reference to those from North Saint Petersburg. <em>Monographs of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 8: 1-457, pls 1-65.
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original description (of Murex (Pterorytis) Conrad, 1863 †) Conrad, T. A. (1863). Catalogue of the Miocene shells of the Atlantic slope. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 14(10-12): 559-582. [Published after 12 January 1863, before 26 February 1863]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1952033
page(s): 560 [details]
context source (PeRMS) Ramírez, R.; Paredes, C.; Arenas, J. (2003). Moluscos del Perú. <em>Revista de Biologia Tropical.</em> 51(supplement 3): 225-284. [details] Available for editors
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additional source Emerson, W. K. (1959). The gastropod genus <i>Pterorytis</i>. <em>American Museum Novitates.</em> 1974: 1-8. [details] Available for editors
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status source Barco, A.; Herbert, G.; Houart, R.; Fassio, G. & Oliverio, M. (2017). A molecular phylogenetic framework for the subfamily Ocenebrinae (Gastropoda, Muricidae). <em>Zoologica Scripta.</em> 46 (3): 322-335., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/zsc.12219 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 252 [details] Available for editors

original description (of Murex (Pterorytis) Conrad, 1863 †) Conrad, T. A. (1863). Catalogue of the Miocene shells of the Atlantic slope. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 14(10-12): 559-582. [Published after 12 January 1863, before 26 February 1863]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1952033
page(s): 560 [details]
context source (PeRMS) Ramírez, R.; Paredes, C.; Arenas, J. (2003). Moluscos del Perú. <em>Revista de Biologia Tropical.</em> 51(supplement 3): 225-284. [details] Available for editors

additional source Emerson, W. K. (1959). The gastropod genus <i>Pterorytis</i>. <em>American Museum Novitates.</em> 1974: 1-8. [details] Available for editors

status source Barco, A.; Herbert, G.; Houart, R.; Fassio, G. & Oliverio, M. (2017). A molecular phylogenetic framework for the subfamily Ocenebrinae (Gastropoda, Muricidae). <em>Zoologica Scripta.</em> 46 (3): 322-335., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/zsc.12219 [details] Available for editors
