Ptychosyrinx

Ptychosyrinx is a genus of sea snails and marine gastropod mollusks in the family Turridae, the turrids.^[1]

Ptychosyrinx
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Turridae
Genus:	Ptychosyrinx Thiele, 1925

This genus has become a synonym of Cryptogemma Dall, 1918

Species

Species within the genus Ptychosyrinx include:

• Ptychosyrinx bisinuata (Martens, 1901): synonym of Cryptogemma praesignis (E. A. Smith, 1895)
• Ptychosyrinx carynae (Haas, 1949):^[2] synonym of Cryptogemma phymatias (R. B. Watson, 1886)
• Ptychosyrinx chilensis Berry, 1968:^[3] synonym of Cryptogemma chilensis (Berry, 1968) (original combination)
• Ptychosyrinx lobata (G.B. Sowerby III, 1903):^[4] synonym of Cryptogemma praesignis (E. A. Smith, 1895)
• Ptychosyrinx nodulosus (Gmelin, 1791):^[5] synonym of Ptychobela nodulosa (Gmelin, 1791)

References

1. Ptychosyrinx Thiele, 1925. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 14 April 2010.
2. Ptychosyrinx carynae (Haas, 1949). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 14 April 2010.
3. Ptychosyrinx chilensis Berry, 1968. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 14 April 2010.
4. Ptychosyrinx lobata (Sowerby III, 1903). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 14 April 2010.
5. Ptychosyrinx nodulosus (Gmelin, 1791). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 14 April 2010.

Further reading

• Cernohorsky, W. O. (1987). "Taxonomic Notes on Some Deep-Water Turridae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) from the Malagasy Republic". Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum. 24: 123–134. ISSN 0067-0464. JSTOR 42906368. Wikidata Q58677293.