# 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)