Belongs within: Columbellidae.
Pyrene is a genus of dove snails bearing a biconical shell with a strong spiral subsutural cord on early whorls and a crenulated interior on the outer lip.
<==Pyrene Röding 1798BR05
|--*P. rhombiferum Röding 1798BR17
|--P. atkinsoni (Tenison Woods 1876) [=Mangelia atkinsoni]H09
|--P. bidentata (Menke 1843)W94
|--P. conspersa (Gaskoin 1852) [=Columbella conspersa]H09
|--P. contaminata (Gaskoin 1852) [=Columbella contaminata]H09
|--P. darwini (Angas 1877) [=Columbella darwini]H09
|--P. deshayesii (Crosse 1859) [incl. P. anceps Hervier 1899]W94
|--P. digglesi (Brazier 1875)H09 [=Columbella (Anachis) digglesiH09, B79]
|--P. essingtonensis (Reeve 1859) [=Columbella essingtonensis]H09
|--P. flava (Bruguière 1789) [=Buccinum flavum]H09
|--P. galaxias (Reeve 1859) [=Columbella galaxias]H09
|--P. gowllandi (Brazier 1875) [=Columbella gowllandi]H09
|--P. intexta (Gaskoin 1852) [=Columbella intexta]H09
|--P. laeta (Brazier 1877) [=Columbella laeta]H09
|--P. lurida Hedley 1907H09
|--P. ‘melvilli’ (Hedley 1899) [=Columbella melvilli non C. melvillei Strebel 1905]H09
|--P. merita (Brazier 1877) [=Columbella merita]H09
|--P. moleculina (Duclos 1840) [=Columbella moleculina]H09
|--P. nivosa (Reeve 1859) [=Columbella nivosa]H09
|--P. obscura (Sowerby 1844)WBS-S15
|--P. obtusa (Sowerby 1832)W94
|--P. ocellata (Link 1807)W94 [incl. Columbella fulgurans Lamarck 1822H09, W94, P. fulguransH09, P. fuliginosa Dupuis 1931W94]
|--P. parvula Viader 1951L96
|--P. peasei (v. Mart. & Langk. 1871) [=Columbella peasei]H09
|--P. perparvula Viader 1951L96
|--P. plicaria (Montrouzier 1862) [=Columbella plicaria]H09
|--P. pudica (Brazier 1877) [=Columbella pudica]H09
|--P. punctata (Bruguière 1789)BW09 [incl. Voluta discors Gmelin 1791W94, Pyrene discorsW94, P. semipunctata Lamarck 1822W94]
|--P. rosaceaCS77
|--P. roseotincta (Hervier 1899) [=Columbella roseotincta]H09
|--P. russelli (Brazier 1875) [=Columbella russelli]H09
|--P. scripta (Lamarck 1822)W94 (see below for synonymy)
|--P. semiconvexa (Lamarck 1822) [=Buccinum semiconvexum]H09
|--P. testudinaria (Link 1807)W94 (see below for synonymy)
|--P. troglodytes (Souverbie 1866) [=Columbella troglodytes]H09
|--P. turturina (Lamarck 1822) [incl. P. palumbina Gould 1845, P. sandwichensis Pease 1861]W94
`--P. varians (Sowerby 1832)W94 (see below for synonymy)
Pyrene scripta (Lamarck 1822)W94 [incl. P. areneosa Kiener 1840W94, P. atladona Duclos 1840W94, P. coronata Duclos 1840W94, P. hebridarum Hervier 1899W94, P. ouveensis Hervier 1899W94, P. tigrina Duclos 1840W94, Columbella versicolor Sowerby 1832H09, W94, P. versicolorH09]
Pyrene testudinaria (Link 1807)W94 [incl. P. bifasciata Hervier 1899W94, P. crocea Hervier 1899W94, P. elongatula Hervier 1899W94, P. fulgurata Hervier 1899W94, P. japonica Reeve 1858W94, P. lactescens Souverbie 1866W94, P. lanceolata Hervier 1899W94, P. laxa Hervier 1899W94, P. minor Hervier 1899W94, P. nigrescens Hervier 1899W94, P. nigropardalis Habe & Kosuge 1966W94, Buccinum pardalinum Lamarck 1822H09, W94, P. pardalina H09, P. picturata Hervier 1899W94, P. sagena Reeve 1858W94, P. sublactescens Hervier 1899W94, P. tylerae Gray in Griffith & Pidgeon 1834W94, P. vulpecula Sowerby 1844W94]
Pyrene varians (Sowerby 1832)W94 [=Columbella varians H09; incl. P. clarescens Hervier 1899W94, P. daliola Duclos 1840W94, P. fulvescens Hervier 1899W94, P. lucescens Hervier 1899W94, P. maculifera Hervier 1899W94, P. nana Duclos 1840W94, P. pacifica Gaskoin 1852W94, P. paecila Sowerby 1844W94, P. persignata Hervier 1899W94, P. scalaris Hervier 1899W94]
*Type species of generic name indicated
References
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[B79] Brazier, J. 1879. List of marine shells collected on Fitzroy Island, north coast of Australia; with notes on their geographical range. Journal of Conchology 2: 186–199.
[BW09] Bryce, C., & C. Whisson. 2009. The macromolluscs of Mermaid (Rowley Shoals), Scott and Seringapatam Reefs, Western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum Supplement 77: 177–208.
[CS77] Cramp, S., & K. E. L. Simmons (eds) 1977. Handbook of the Birds of Europe, the Middle East and North Africa: The Birds of the Western Palaearctic vol. 1. Ostrich to Ducks. Oxford University Press: Oxford.
[H09] Hedley, C. 1909. The Marine Fauna of Queensland: Address by the President of Section D. Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science: Brisbane.
[L96] Loch, I. 1996. Notice: R. Viader collection. Molluscan Research 17: 110.
[WBS-S15] Willan, R. C., C. Bryce & S. M. Slack-Smith. 2015. Kimberley marine biota. Historical data: molluscs. Records of the Western Australian Museum Supplement 84: 287–343.
[W94] Wilson, B. 1994. Australian Marine Shells vol. 2. Prosobranch Gastropods. Part Two (Neogastropods). Odyssey Publishing: Kallaroo (Western Australia).