WoRMS name details
Pyramis Schumacher, 1817
567846 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:567846)
unaccepted > junior homonym (invalid: junior homonym of Pyramis Röding, 1798)
Genus
Pyramis viridis Schumacher, 1817 accepted as Tectus pyramis (Born, 1778) (type by monotypy)
- Species Pyramis leucogaster A. Adams, 1853 (uncertain, use in recent literature not established by editor)
- Species Pyramis architectonicus A. Adams, 1853 accepted as Tectus architectonicus (A. Adams, 1853) (original combination)
- Species Pyramis viridis Schumacher, 1817 accepted as Tectus pyramis (Born, 1778)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Schumacher, C. F. (1817). Essai d'un nouveau système des habitations des vers testacés. <em>Schultz, Copenghagen.</em> iv + 288 pp., 22 pls., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/81329
page(s): 70, 232 [details]
page(s): 70, 232 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Pyramis Schumacher, 1817. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=567846 on 2026-08-01
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Nomenclature
original description
Schumacher, C. F. (1817). Essai d'un nouveau système des habitations des vers testacés. <em>Schultz, Copenghagen.</em> iv + 288 pp., 22 pls., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/81329
page(s): 70, 232 [details]
page(s): 70, 232 [details]
Taxonomy
source of synonymy
Korobkov I.A. (1955). <i>Spravochnik i metodicheskoe rukovodstvo po tretichnym molliuskam. Briukhonogie.</i> [= A handbook and methodical guide to Tertiary molluscs. Gastropoda]. <em>Leningrad: Gostoptekhizdat.</em> 795 pp.
page(s): 97 [details]
page(s): 97 [details]
