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(Redirected from Pyrgiscilla) Genus of gastropods

Pyrgiscus
Drawing of a shell of Pyrgiscus thielei
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Superfamily: Pyramidelloidea
Family: Pyramidellidae
Subfamily: Turbonillinae
Genus: Pyrgiscus
Philippi, 1841
Type species
Melania rufa
Philippi, 1836
Synonyms
  • Ortostelis Aradas & Maggiore, 1841 (objective synonym)
  • Pyrgiscilla Laws, 1937
  • Pyrgisculus Monterosato, 1884
  • Pyrgiscus (Pyrgiscus) Philippi, 1841
  • Pyrgostelis Monterosato, 1884
  • Turbonilla (Pyrgisculus) Monterosato, 1884
  • Turbonilla (Pyrgiscus) Philippi, 1841
  • Turbonilla (Pyrgostelis) Monterosato, 1884

Pyrgiscus is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Turbonillinae of the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies.

Species

Species within the genus Pyrgiscus include:

The following species were brought into synonymy
  • Pyrgiscus aulicus (Dall & Bartsch, 1906): synonym of Turbonilla aulica Dall & Bartsch, 1906
  • Pyrgiscus bisculpta : synonym of Pyrgiscus bisculptus (Nomura, 1937)
  • Pyrgiscus bowensis : synonym of Turbonilla bowenensis Laseron, 1959
  • † Pyrgiscus discors P. A. Maxwell, 1988 : synonym of † Turriscala discors (P. A. Maxwell, 1988)
  • Pyrgiscus erna (Thiele, 1925): synonym of Pyrgiscus thielei van Aartsen & Corgan, 1996 (Invalid: based on junior homonym of Turbonilla erna Bartsch, 1915; Pyrgiscus thielei is a replacement name)
  • Pyrgiscus flexicosta Laseron, 1951: synonym of Turbonilla flexicosta (Laseron, 1951)
  • Pyrgiscus fulvizonatus (Melvill, 1910): synonym of Turbonilla fulvizonata Nomura, 1938
  • Pyrgiscus gravicosta Laseron, 1951: synonym of Turbonilla gravicosta (Laseron, 1951)
  • Pyrgiscus hataiana : synonym of Pyrgiscus hataianus (Nomura, 1937)
  • Pyrgiscus hedleyi Laseron, 1951: synonym of Turbonilla hedleyi (Laseron, 1951)
  • Pyrgiscus infans Laseron, 1951: synonym of Graphis infans (Laseron, 1951) (original combination)
  • Pyrgiscus microscopica (Laseron, 1959): synonym of Turbonilla mumia (A. Adams, 1861)
  • Pyrgiscus mirandus Saurin, 1959: synonym of Turbonilla funiculata de Folin, 1868
  • Pyrgiscus mumia (A. Adams, 1861): synonym of Turbonilla mumia (A. Adams, 1861)
  • Pyrgiscus optima : synonym of Pyrgiscus optimus (Nomura, 1936)
  • Pyrgiscus pacifica : synonym of Pyrgiscus pacificus (Yokoyama, 1922)
  • Pyrgiscus pinguis Laseron, 1951: synonym of Turbonilla pinguis (Laseron, 1951)
  • Pyrgiscus sumneri (Bartsch, 1909): synonym of Turbonilla sumneri Bartsch, 1909

References

  1. Philippi, 1840. Weigm., Archiv., i, 50.
  2. ^ Bouchet, P. (2011). Pyrgiscus Philippi, 1841. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=456502 on 2011-10-26
  • Robba, E. (2013). Tertiary and Quaternary fossil pyramidelloidean gastropods of Indonesia. Scripta Geologica. 144: 1-191.
  • Landau B.M. & LaFollette P.I. (2015). The Pyramidellidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) from the Miocene Cantaure Formation of Venezuela. Cainozoic Research. 15(1-2): 13-54.

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Taxon identifiers
Pyrgiscus


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