Pyrgocythara Woodring, 1928

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Genus Pyrgocythara Woodring, 1928

Type species: Pyrgocythara eminula Woodring, 1928 ; Bowden ( Jamaica); Pliocene .

Remarks. — Powell (1967) provided a useful description for this rarely cited but widespread genus (see Tucker 2004; VeraPelaez et al. 1999); herein we highlight its main features. The genus is characterised by a protoconch with axial sculpture only, and the teleoconch bears prominent but narrow axial ribs which are overrun by noticeable and widely spaced spiral cords. The interspaces among cords are occupied by dense and thin spiral threads. The aperture is elongate and narrow (rectangular-shaped) with a noticeable anal sinus bearing (inside the outer lip) a tubercle just below its lower edge.