Stromboidea

• Pugnellidae
  • Gymnarus Gabb, 1868

Original Diagnosis of Gymnarus by Gabb, 1868, p. 130:

• "General form of Pugnellus; outer lip less heavy and produced posteriorly to a hook; anterior canal slightly produced and straight; incrustation not covering the entire shell, the back being exposed."

Type: by monotypy Pugnellus manubriatus Gabb, 1864

Gymnarus species are

• Gymnarus auriculatus (Woods, 1906)
• Gymnarus calcaris (Stephenson)
• Gymnarus congolensis (Brebion, 1956)
• Gymnarus contortus Sowerby
• Gymnarus fraasi Riedel, 1932
• Gymnarus fusiformis (Meek, 1877)
• Gymnarus granuliferus (Stoliczka, 1868)
• Gymnarus hauthali (Wilckens, 1905)
• Gymnarus manubriatus (Gabb, 1864)
• Gymnarus yabei (Nagao, 1939)

Following Kiel & Bandel, 1999 Pugnellus hauthali Wilckens, 1905 might be the ancestor of Gymnarus and Conchothyra.