Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda > Subclass Orthogastropoda > Subclass Caenogastropoda > Order Caenogastropoda incertae sedis > Superfamily Cerithioidea > Family Potamididae

Pirenella J. E. Gray, 1847

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Cerithidea (Pirenella)*	J. E. Gray, 1847	synonym

Children

Pirenella conica (Blainville, 1829)

Literature

original description	Gray, J. E. (1847). A list of the genera of recent Mollusca, their synonyma and types. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. (1847) 15: 129-219. [November 1847].
basis of record	Reid D.G. & Ozawa T. (2016). The genus Pirenella Gray, 1847 (= Cerithideopsilla Thiele, 1929) (Gastropoda: Potamididae) in the Indo-West Pacific region and Mediterranean Sea. Zootaxa. 4076(1): 1-91.
additional source	Lozouet P. (1986). Redéfinition des genres Potamides et Pirenella (Gastropoda, Prosobranchia) à partir des espèces actuelles et fossiles. Implications phylétiques et biogéographiques.. Annales de Paléontologie 72: 163-210

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Pirenella J. E. Gray, 1847. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:206423