Fulguropsis pyruloides

Fulgur pyruloides Say, 1822 (original combination) Fulguropsis pyruloides is a species of Marine Gastropod, commonly known as the pear whelk.

For a time before the species' range was fully known and it was understood that F. spirata was only found West of the State of Mississippi, they were occasionally referred to as "Say's Pear Whelk" though this term has fallen out of use.

This species is native to the Atlantic coast from North Carolina south to Key West as well as the Gulf of Mexico from Alabama eastwards.

The species inhabits a range formerly ascribed to the aforementioned F. spirata, which was generally found to only inhabit coastlines west of the Mississippi Delta, most if not all specimens east of Alabama are likely of F. pyruloides.

This has revealed that many specimens formerly listed as F. spirata were actually F. pyruloides the entire time, though these errors have yet to be corrected for the most part.