ERMS taxon details
Pyrgiscus R. A. Philippi, 1841
456502 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:456502)
accepted
Genus
Melania rufa R. A. Philippi, 1836 accepted as Pyrgiscus rufus (R. A. Philippi, 1836) (type by subsequent designation)
Ortostelis Aradas & Maggiore, 1841 · unaccepted (objective synonym)
Pyrgiscilla Laws, 1937 · unaccepted (junior subjective synonym)
Pyrgiscus (Pyrgiscus) R. A. Philippi, 1841 · unaccepted
Pyrgostelis Monterosato, 1884 · unaccepted (objective synonym)
Turbonilla (Pyrgiscus) R. A. Philippi, 1841 · unaccepted > superseded rank
- Species Pyrgiscus abrardi (Fischer-Piette & Nicklès, 1946)
- Species Pyrgiscus crenatus (T. Brown, 1827)
- Species Pyrgiscus rufescens (Forbes, 1846)
- Species Pyrgiscus rufus (R. A. Philippi, 1836)
- Subgenus Pyrgiscus (Pyrgiscus) R. A. Philippi, 1841 accepted as Pyrgiscus R. A. Philippi, 1841
- Species Pyrgiscus jeffreysii (Jeffreys, 1848) accepted as Pyrgisculus jeffreysii (Jeffreys, 1848) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Pyrgiscus mirandus Saurin, 1959 accepted as Turbonilla funiculata de Folin, 1868
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
Philippi, [R.] A. (1841). Zoologische Bemerkungen. <em>Archiv für Naturgeschichte.</em> 7(1): 5., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9706902
page(s): 50 [details]
page(s): 50 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Pyrgiscus R. A. Philippi, 1841. Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025) European Register of Marine Species at: https://vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=456502 on 2025-06-02
Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025). European Register of Marine Species. Pyrgiscus R. A. Philippi, 1841. Accessed at: http://www.marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=456502 on 2025-06-02
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original description
Philippi, [R.] A. (1841). Zoologische Bemerkungen. <em>Archiv für Naturgeschichte.</em> 7(1): 5., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9706902
page(s): 50 [details]
original description (of Pyrgostelis Monterosato, 1884) Monterosato, T. A. di. (1884). <i>Nomenclatura generica e specifica di alcune conchiglie mediterranee</i>. Virzi, printed for the author, Palermo, 152 pp. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/109711
page(s): 89-90 [details]
original description (of Pyrgiscilla Laws, 1937) Laws C.R. 1937. Review of the Tertiary and Recent Neozelanic Pyramidellid Molluscs. No. 3 — Further Turbonillid Genera. <i>Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand</i>, 67: 166-184, pl. 34-35, available online at http://rsnz.natlib.govt.nz/volume/rsnz_67/rsnz_67_02_001940.html
page(s): 172 [details]
additional source Robba, E. (2013). Tertiary and Quaternary fossil pyramidelloidean gastropods of Indonesia. <em>Scripta Geologica.</em> 144: 1-191. [April 2013]. [details] Available for editors
additional source Landau B.M. & LaFollette P.I. (2015). The Pyramidellidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) from the Miocene Cantaure Formation of Venezuela. <em>Cainozoic Research.</em> 15(1-2): 13-54. [details] Available for editors
subsequent type designation Arnold, R. (1903). The paleontology and stratigraphy of the marine Pliocene and Pleistocene of San Pedro, California. <em>Memoirs of the California Academy of Sciences.</em> 3: 1-420, pl. 1-20., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3136160
page(s): 274; note: designation by Dall & Bartsch [details]
page(s): 50 [details]
original description (of Pyrgostelis Monterosato, 1884) Monterosato, T. A. di. (1884). <i>Nomenclatura generica e specifica di alcune conchiglie mediterranee</i>. Virzi, printed for the author, Palermo, 152 pp. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/109711
page(s): 89-90 [details]
original description (of Pyrgiscilla Laws, 1937) Laws C.R. 1937. Review of the Tertiary and Recent Neozelanic Pyramidellid Molluscs. No. 3 — Further Turbonillid Genera. <i>Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand</i>, 67: 166-184, pl. 34-35, available online at http://rsnz.natlib.govt.nz/volume/rsnz_67/rsnz_67_02_001940.html
page(s): 172 [details]
additional source Robba, E. (2013). Tertiary and Quaternary fossil pyramidelloidean gastropods of Indonesia. <em>Scripta Geologica.</em> 144: 1-191. [April 2013]. [details] Available for editors
additional source Landau B.M. & LaFollette P.I. (2015). The Pyramidellidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) from the Miocene Cantaure Formation of Venezuela. <em>Cainozoic Research.</em> 15(1-2): 13-54. [details] Available for editors
subsequent type designation Arnold, R. (1903). The paleontology and stratigraphy of the marine Pliocene and Pleistocene of San Pedro, California. <em>Memoirs of the California Academy of Sciences.</em> 3: 1-420, pl. 1-20., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3136160
page(s): 274; note: designation by Dall & Bartsch [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
