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Definition of Pyrula

Pyrula
Proboscidifera Pro*bos`ci*dif"e*ra, n. pl. [NL. See Proboscis, and -ferous.] 1. (Zo["o]l.) An extensive division of pectinibranchiate gastropods, including those that have a long retractile proboscis, with the mouth at the end, as the cones, whelks, tritons, and cowries. See Illust. of Gastropoda, and of Winkle. 2. (Zo["o]l.) A subdivision of the t[ae]nioglossate gastropods, including the fig-shells (Pyrula), the helmet shells (Cassis), the tritons, and allied genera.
Pyrula
Pyrula Pyr"u*la, n. [NL., fr. L. pyrus a pear.] (Zo["o]l.) A genus of large marine gastropods. having a pear-shaped shell. It includes the fig-shells. See Illust. in Appendix.

Meaning of Pyrula from wikipedia

- Erebidae erected by George Hampson in 1913. Its only species, Cometaster pyrula, the faint owl moth or ying-yang moth, was first described by Carl Heinrich...
- the Siberian owl moth Brahmaea wallichii Anticarsia irrorata Cometaster pyrula, the faint owl moth or yin-yang moth Thysania zenobia Owl butterfly This...
- Various forms of opercula in Pyrula; Purpura; Littorina; Aulopoma; Torinia; Neritopsis; Strombus; Conus...
- (objective synonym; possibly a...) Pyrella Swainson, 1835 (objective synonym) Pyrula (Pyrella) Swainson, 1835 junior objective synonym Spirillus Schlüter, 1838...
- 1758) Busycon perversum (Linnaeus, 1758) Fulgur gibbosum Conrad, 1853 Murex perversus Linnaeus, 1758 (original combination) Pyrula kieneri Philippi, 1848...
- Ficula Swainson, 1835 † Ficus (Ficopsis) Conrad, 1866 · accepted, alternate representation Pirula Montfort, 1810 Pyrula Lamarck, 1799 Sycotypus Gray, 1847...
- controller under Bayleaf in 1917. Sold to Anglo-Saxon Petroleum Company under Pyrula. S****ped at Genoa by Henrico Haupt in 1933. Pontic 1894 1894–1930 394 Launched...
- 1912 (original combination) Hemifusus zhangyii Kosuge, 2008: synonym of Pyrula elongata Lamarck, 1822: synonym of Brunneifusus ternat**** Gmelin, 1791...
- pp. 403-440, 3 pls Küster, H. C. & Kobelt, W. (1844-1880). Die Gattungen Pyrula und Fusus nebst Ficula, Bulbus, Tudicla, Busycon, Neptunea und Euthria....
- who renamed her Pyrula. She served as a depot ship at New York until 1925 when she was transferred to Curaçao for the same purpose. Pyrula was sold for s****...