Pyruclia

Pyruclia
Apertural view of shell of Pyruclia solida (Sowerby, 1832)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Cancellariidae
Genus:	Pyruclia Olsson, 1932

Pyruclia is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Cancellariidae, the nutmeg snails.

Species

Species within the genus Pyruclia include:

• Pyruclia bulbulus Sowerby, 1832
• Pyruclia pyrum A. Adams & Reeve, 1850
• Pyruclia solida G.B. Sowerby I, 1832

References

• Petit, R.E. & Harasewych, M.G. (2005) Catalogue of the superfamily Cancellarioidea Forbes and Hanley, 1851 (Gastropoda: Prosobranchia)- 2nd edition. Zootaxa, 1102, 3–161. NIZT 682
• Hemmen J. (2007) Recent Cancellariidae. Annotated and illustrated catalogue of Recent Cancellariidae. Privately published, Wiesbaden. 428 pp. [With amendments and corrections taken from Petit R.E. (2012) A critique of, and errata for, Recent Cancellariidae by Jens Hemmen, 2007. Conchologia Ingrata 9: 1–8. https://web.archive.org/web/20120831144310/http://conchologia.com/publication_pdf/13.pdf]

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